diff --git a/media-video/syncplay/Manifest b/media-video/syncplay/Manifest
index 4bbe1ba2982b9..793278dbb8b4d 100644
--- a/media-video/syncplay/Manifest
+++ b/media-video/syncplay/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST syncplay-1.4.0.tar.gz 539743 BLAKE2B 52eeb80480783c827538aa9c7bde1bf9516ae1219600e6be42eb8e0477c2b6377e6b2d0e950bd83367cca55d8aad47bb756d820b795d3354465e3e4989aec1ea SHA512 2266ffafe3b15730a43e3ddd8aa24e99c65ce5a4e95d05bcac745262d310cb846c84c6e5bb061ebb96e89faa0f10e22aacee286db6cbe53cd5f521cb2e5eee1a
 DIST syncplay-1.5.0.tar.gz 1588514 BLAKE2B 0f2bddf3500758c3081bdba993b21fe60a0d3af7081c5edd0f684e1d60a2a95edce133a597e79747350e681dd40768226226f0b26e295850a8c218107b1da3e9 SHA512 8a57add8a845c041c02147415fc4b7941a41edfb80fc037c3af4e246d9ca6391be9f3886407470b1b51b8783ad6306e42bb34991e7cbb08eea87e781e3cd2200
 DIST syncplay-1.5.1.tar.gz 1603524 BLAKE2B 0d7edb0c2129f67ce457cffb57f5600d0c0d6bee017119efc866d748f63e6e984becd21f88324e19dcac3f0ce52e2e2f1bf65326aab6237ea41b04bdecf26334 SHA512 8d7f99132b49148003dcdc83b5afc3158ebd7ad0b8a161229f8f576e7683e3c432d09793db071239e6344490f6e08d01c9061a32556b5bce6dcd68823b47a0cf
diff --git a/media-video/syncplay/syncplay-1.4.0.ebuild b/media-video/syncplay/syncplay-1.4.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f1762037dbc09..0000000000000
--- a/media-video/syncplay/syncplay-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
-
-inherit python-r1
-
-MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-RC}
-
-DESCRIPTION="Client/server to synchronize media playback"
-HOMEPAGE="http://syncplay.pl"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/archive/v${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="+client +server gui vlc"
-REQUIRED_USE="vlc? ( client )
-	gui? ( client )
-	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	|| (
-		>=dev-python/twisted-16.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/twisted-core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-	gui? ( dev-python/pyside[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
-	vlc? ( media-video/vlc[lua] )"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	if ! use gui; then
-		sed -i 's/"noGui": False,/"noGui": True,/' \
-			syncplay/ui/ConfigurationGetter.py \
-		|| die "Failed to patch ConfigurationGetter.py"
-	fi
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	:
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local MY_MAKEOPTS=( DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX=/usr )
-	use client && \
-		emake "${MY_MAKEOPTS[@]}" VLC_SUPPORT=$(usex vlc true false) install-client
-	use server && \
-		emake "${MY_MAKEOPTS[@]}" install-server
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if use client; then
-		einfo "Syncplay supports the following players:"
-		einfo "media-video/mpv, media-video/mplayer2, media-video/vlc"
-	fi
-}