diff --git a/dev-ruby/railties/Manifest b/dev-ruby/railties/Manifest
index 3a1982da859f0..65611523fdf2c 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/railties/Manifest
+++ b/dev-ruby/railties/Manifest
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
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diff --git a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-4.2.7.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/railties/railties-4.2.7.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a68dd18c2ab..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-4.2.7.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby20 ruby21 ruby22 ruby23"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test:regular"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_DOC=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.rdoc"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="railties.gemspec"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem versionator
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tools for creating, working with, and running Rails applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rails/rails"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/rails/rails/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> rails-${PV}.tgz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~ppc64 ~amd64-linux"
-IUSE=""
-
-RUBY_S="rails-${PV}/${PN}"
-
-# The test suite has many failures, most likely due to a mismatch in
-# exact dependencies or environment specifics. Needs further
-# investigation.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND+=">=app-eselect/eselect-rails-0.21"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
-	~dev-ruby/actionpack-${PV}
-	>=dev-ruby/thor-0.18.1
-	>=dev-ruby/rake-0.8.7"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "
-	test? (
-		~dev-ruby/actionview-${PV}
-		dev-ruby/mocha:0.14
-	)"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	rm "${S}/../Gemfile" || die "Unable to remove Gemfile"
-	sed -i -e '/load_paths/d' test/abstract_unit.rb || die "Unable to remove load paths"
-	sed -i -e '1igem "minitest", "~>4.0"' test/abstract_unit.rb || die
-
-	# Also allow rdoc 4.x
-	sed -i -e 's/~> 3.4/>= 3.4/' ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
-}
-
-all_ruby_install() {
-	all_fakegem_install
-
-	ruby_fakegem_binwrapper rails rails-${PV}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "To select between slots of rails, use:"
-	elog "\teselect rails"
-
-	eselect rails update
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect rails update
-}
diff --git a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.0.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.0.1-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 21ab42bb7738d..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.0.1-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test:regular"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_DOC=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.rdoc"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="railties.gemspec"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRAINSTALL="exe"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem versionator
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tools for creating, working with, and running Rails applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rails/rails"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/rails/rails/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> rails-${PV}.tgz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86 ~amd64-linux"
-IUSE=""
-
-RUBY_S="rails-${PV}/${PN}"
-
-# The test suite has many failures, most likely due to a mismatch in
-# exact dependencies or environment specifics. Needs further
-# investigation.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND+=">=app-eselect/eselect-rails-0.22"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
-	~dev-ruby/actionpack-${PV}
-	>=dev-ruby/thor-0.18.1
-	>=dev-ruby/rake-0.8.7
-	dev-ruby/method_source
-"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "
-	test? (
-		~dev-ruby/actionview-${PV}
-		dev-ruby/mocha:0.14
-	)"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	rm "${S}/../Gemfile" || die "Unable to remove Gemfile"
-	sed -i -e '/load_paths/d' test/abstract_unit.rb || die "Unable to remove load paths"
-	sed -i -e '1igem "minitest", "~>4.0"' test/abstract_unit.rb || die
-
-	# Also allow rdoc 4.x
-	sed -i -e 's/~> 3.4/>= 3.4/' ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
-
-	# Also install rails in bin to let our binwrapper work
-	mkdir bin || die
-	cp -f exe/rails bin/ || die
-}
-
-all_ruby_install() {
-	all_fakegem_install
-
-	ruby_fakegem_binwrapper rails rails-${PV}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "To select between slots of rails, use:"
-	elog "\teselect rails"
-
-	eselect rails update
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect rails update
-}
diff --git a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a4318e7c7482c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test:regular"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_DOC=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.rdoc"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="railties.gemspec"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRAINSTALL="exe"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem versionator
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tools for creating, working with, and running Rails applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rails/rails"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/rails/rails/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> rails-${PV}.tgz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~x86 ~amd64-linux"
-IUSE=""
-
-RUBY_S="rails-${PV}/${PN}"
-
-# The test suite has many failures, most likely due to a mismatch in
-# exact dependencies or environment specifics. Needs further
-# investigation.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND+=">=app-eselect/eselect-rails-0.22"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
-	~dev-ruby/actionpack-${PV}
-	>=dev-ruby/thor-0.18.1
-	>=dev-ruby/rake-0.8.7
-	dev-ruby/method_source
-"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "
-	test? (
-		~dev-ruby/actionview-${PV}
-		dev-ruby/mocha:0.14
-	)"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	rm "${S}/../Gemfile" || die "Unable to remove Gemfile"
-	sed -i -e '/load_paths/d' test/abstract_unit.rb || die "Unable to remove load paths"
-	sed -i -e '1igem "minitest", "~>4.0"' test/abstract_unit.rb || die
-
-	# Also allow rdoc 4.x
-	sed -i -e 's/~> 3.4/>= 3.4/' ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
-
-	# Also install rails in bin to let our binwrapper work
-	mkdir bin || die
-	cp -f exe/rails bin/ || die
-}
-
-all_ruby_install() {
-	all_fakegem_install
-
-	ruby_fakegem_binwrapper rails rails-${PV}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "To select between slots of rails, use:"
-	elog "\teselect rails"
-
-	eselect rails update
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect rails update
-}
diff --git a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.2.ebuild b/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a4318e7c7482c..0000000000000
--- a/dev-ruby/railties/railties-5.0.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=5
-USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test:regular"
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_DOC=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.rdoc"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC="railties.gemspec"
-
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
-RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRAINSTALL="exe"
-
-inherit ruby-fakegem versionator
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tools for creating, working with, and running Rails applications"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/rails/rails"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/rails/rails/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> rails-${PV}.tgz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~x86 ~amd64-linux"
-IUSE=""
-
-RUBY_S="rails-${PV}/${PN}"
-
-# The test suite has many failures, most likely due to a mismatch in
-# exact dependencies or environment specifics. Needs further
-# investigation.
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND+=">=app-eselect/eselect-rails-0.22"
-
-ruby_add_rdepend "
-	~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
-	~dev-ruby/actionpack-${PV}
-	>=dev-ruby/thor-0.18.1
-	>=dev-ruby/rake-0.8.7
-	dev-ruby/method_source
-"
-
-ruby_add_bdepend "
-	test? (
-		~dev-ruby/actionview-${PV}
-		dev-ruby/mocha:0.14
-	)"
-
-all_ruby_prepare() {
-	rm "${S}/../Gemfile" || die "Unable to remove Gemfile"
-	sed -i -e '/load_paths/d' test/abstract_unit.rb || die "Unable to remove load paths"
-	sed -i -e '1igem "minitest", "~>4.0"' test/abstract_unit.rb || die
-
-	# Also allow rdoc 4.x
-	sed -i -e 's/~> 3.4/>= 3.4/' ${RUBY_FAKEGEM_GEMSPEC} || die
-
-	# Also install rails in bin to let our binwrapper work
-	mkdir bin || die
-	cp -f exe/rails bin/ || die
-}
-
-all_ruby_install() {
-	all_fakegem_install
-
-	ruby_fakegem_binwrapper rails rails-${PV}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "To select between slots of rails, use:"
-	elog "\teselect rails"
-
-	eselect rails update
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect rails update
-}