diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
index e7f5cd73b84b8..0886028e1e62c 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST cpp-httplib-0.38.0.tar.gz 1458103 BLAKE2B d94aad7aeef09770473e93c7ef88951a9911f98a2d0d77bc3a0ae9bd0e7868eb92ad57b49d381c1e6b5ea8229e1f3c5a9f28823277c20daa994d17e212176bbd SHA512 d8dfd5a447db4d6eb2a92c498af18cb3bf999ed43ef9a9552a8781f9c23597a3d178d2a15f5fa0afb68f2ec278080e6d4808cef5cfa68a8ed5f0c57b42bdbee7
-DIST cpp-httplib-0.50.1.tar.gz 1896535 BLAKE2B 00b0942cc296c24b342cfec62126801766dbd8f1d6f983fef81fb75b6bc57a0cbf5eb457c9d9a30488ec4ae58803962b84f52c87d3f05e84fcda97ead8fbed84 SHA512 7f670f1ecf31590b8dba671b4cc18982d5c4e1c31d2edda635397872a3c58b69e067dddb7ac9fe8a5be48b850b40ff5b57eae93bd29c3fded1c6b0f27824b980
 DIST cpp-httplib-0.51.0.tar.gz 1905553 BLAKE2B 4fa8f5678d370d95f5be8e3f13437a443a03d46d6fc234cf221f8a90993685375f0c2090b632705881133dbf9ea9e2b7a6eeaec144937da8030db51da3c62b3f SHA512 da2e205dcd1127685b7f2ff1e2d5b213f08489942e1f8d97be7f4d4bf0019be2bf48b260bc463c5861d5d537e0eaf648d28953f7a9fdae880005c7bf5319cfbc
 DIST cpp-httplib-0.56.0.tar.gz 1991569 BLAKE2B 593816d7b49a9c81c69e3e1505e98504a5062b00e81723fc14a1549b79fb35c5a6b6f32e0d8bd53980b33009c42840da6a48212262635840c74eb8a14cb1b724 SHA512 3db42b77a96ae2f0e41c54c3897142f6c18fa237d85e6d173ea2e1ab238e77f6ac77134dcb80f6870697ef40bb68027b131b9d45823a41cedb86c677a01482b4
diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.38.0.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.38.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f8f2ca802b73..0000000000000
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.38.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="C++ HTTP/HTTPS server and client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/"
-
-if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
-	inherit git-r3
-
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 0-2)"  # soversion
-
-IUSE="brotli mbedtls ssl test zlib zstd"
-REQUIRED_USE="test? ( brotli zlib zstd )"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	brotli? (
-		app-arch/brotli:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	ssl? (
-		mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:3=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-		!mbedtls? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.13:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	)
-	zlib? (
-		virtual/zlib:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	zstd? (
-		app-arch/zstd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	test? (
-		dev-cpp/gtest
-		dev-libs/openssl
-		net-misc/curl
-	)
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local -a mycmakeargs=(
-		-DHTTPLIB_COMPILE=yes
-		-DHTTPLIB_SHARED=yes
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_BROTLI_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_MBEDTLS_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_WOLFSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZLIB_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZSTD_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_BROTLI=$(usex brotli)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL=$(usex ssl $(usex mbedtls no yes))
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_MBEDTLS=$(usex ssl $(usex mbedtls))
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZLIB=$(usex zlib)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZSTD=$(usex zstd)
-		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-	)
-	cmake-multilib_src_configure
-}
-
-multilib_src_test() {
-	if [[ $(tc-get-ptr-size) == 4 ]] ; then
-		ewarn "Upstream no longer supports 32 bits:"
-		ewarn "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/issues/2148"
-		return
-	fi
-
-	cp -p -R --reflink=auto "${S}/test" ./test || die
-
-	local -a failing_tests=(
-		# Disable all online tests.
-		"*.*_Online"
-	)
-
-	# Little dance to please the GTEST filter (join array using ":").
-	failing_tests_str="${failing_tests[@]}"
-	failing_tests_filter="${failing_tests_str// /:}"
-
-	# PREFIX is . to avoid calling "brew" and relying on stuff in /opt
-	GTEST_FILTER="-${failing_tests_filter}" emake -C test \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -I." PREFIX=.
-}
diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.50.1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.50.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 46e968f2a8c0d..0000000000000
--- a/dev-cpp/cpp-httplib/cpp-httplib-0.50.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
-
-inherit cmake-multilib python-any-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="C++ HTTP/HTTPS server and client library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/"
-
-if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
-	inherit git-r3
-
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/yhirose/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 0-2)"  # soversion
-
-IUSE="brotli mbedtls ssl test zlib zstd"
-REQUIRED_USE="test? ( brotli zlib zstd )"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	brotli? (
-		app-arch/brotli:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	ssl? (
-		mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:3=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-		!mbedtls? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0.13:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	)
-	zlib? (
-		virtual/zlib:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	zstd? (
-		app-arch/zstd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	test? (
-		dev-cpp/gtest
-		dev-libs/openssl
-		net-misc/curl
-	)
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local -a mycmakeargs=(
-		-DHTTPLIB_COMPILE=yes
-		-DHTTPLIB_SHARED=yes
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_BROTLI_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_MBEDTLS_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_WOLFSSL_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZLIB_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_USE_ZSTD_IF_AVAILABLE=no
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_BROTLI=$(usex brotli)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_OPENSSL=$(usex ssl $(usex mbedtls no yes))
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_MBEDTLS=$(usex ssl $(usex mbedtls))
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZLIB=$(usex zlib)
-		-DHTTPLIB_REQUIRE_ZSTD=$(usex zstd)
-		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-	)
-	cmake-multilib_src_configure
-}
-
-multilib_src_test() {
-	if [[ $(tc-get-ptr-size) == 4 ]] ; then
-		ewarn "Upstream no longer supports 32 bits:"
-		ewarn "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/issues/2148"
-		return
-	fi
-
-	cp -p -R --reflink=auto "${S}/test" ./test || die
-
-	local -a failing_tests=(
-		# Disable all online tests.
-		"*.*_Online"
-	)
-
-	# Little dance to please the GTEST filter (join array using ":").
-	failing_tests_str="${failing_tests[@]}"
-	failing_tests_filter="${failing_tests_str// /:}"
-
-	# PREFIX is . to avoid calling "brew" and relying on stuff in /opt
-	GTEST_FILTER="-${failing_tests_filter}" emake -C test \
-		CXX="$(tc-getCXX)" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -I." PREFIX=.
-}