diff --git a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/Manifest b/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/Manifest
index 2e83e1e3a78a9..2c0f873b0ad40 100644
--- a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST mongo-c-driver-1.18.0.tar.gz 7246954 BLAKE2B 9418ab2e132f8a8c582bcbea8c7b090e9e45e34219845d8f6b7a99d4ebfb17ef2eec2223504e9a4ab7f51ca01e904a7f3bb04bf9f8bf20c010ab9f82894a728e SHA512 c970f347689916172a957fc431b307bab3cb63367d4b39c49745c75b9fa84f0035db934c551570a4141733fc1bc6b33b118911c3b69ecdea797f19312b213606
 DIST mongo-c-driver-1.24.4.tar.gz 7916661 BLAKE2B e361b52bf16eed7437428b0481d792ecf2f9cc283fdd6f23916d4a3ffb1b7d7c9ea7a7c4cf5f369e21fb6d4f564b91e07ac2ee44656855993218593dc4f1c166 SHA512 3563c061565d17a76581e188f6e184d7e41f2729812c8815afd34e03ebe6c1d25d7498a2cb1b599a09d24f6268c36473ef5113a14c7585a1532c9abf2e56e936
diff --git a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.14.0-no-docs.patch b/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.14.0-no-docs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d33fba105ab05..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.14.0-no-docs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 3371dae..a6edf0f 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ if (ENABLE_MONGOC)
- 
- endif ()
- 
--install (FILES COPYING NEWS README.rst THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES
--   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/mongo-c-driver
--)
--
- if (ENABLE_UNINSTALL)
-    if (WIN32)
-       if (ENABLE_MONGOC)
diff --git a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.16.2-enable-tests.patch b/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.16.2-enable-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47cce862c8bb1..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/files/mongo-c-driver-1.16.2-enable-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 1a2b7ba..26fbe9b 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ if (ENABLE_BSON STREQUAL SYSTEM)
-    endif ()
- 
-    message ("--   libbson found version \"${bson-1.0_VERSION}\"")
--   message ("--   disabling test-libmongoc since using system libbson")
--   SET (ENABLE_TESTS OFF)
- 
-    if (ENABLE_STATIC MATCHES "ON|AUTO")
-       set (MONGOC_ENABLE_STATIC ON)
-@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ if (ENABLE_BSON STREQUAL SYSTEM)
-    endif ()
-    set (BSON_LIBRARIES mongo::bson_shared)
-    if (NOT TARGET mongo::bson_static)
--           message (FATAL_ERROR "System libbson built without static library target")
-+	   message (STATUS "System libbson built without static library target")
-    endif ()
-    set (BSON_STATIC_LIBRARIES mongo::bson_static)
- endif ()
-diff --git a/src/libbson/tests/test-bson.c b/src/libbson/tests/test-bson.c
-index c949d22..4d5a47f 100644
---- a/src/libbson/tests/test-bson.c
-+++ b/src/libbson/tests/test-bson.c
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
- 
- #include <bson/bson.h>
- #include <bson/bcon.h>
--#include <bson/bson-private.h>
-+#include "bson/bson-private.h"
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <time.h>
- 
diff --git a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/mongo-c-driver-1.18.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/mongo-c-driver-1.18.0-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e2bf1455e7902..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/mongo-c-driver/mongo-c-driver-1.18.0-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="Client library written in C for MongoDB"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~hppa ~riscv x86"
-IUSE="debug examples icu sasl ssl static-libs test"
-REQUIRED_USE="test? ( static-libs )"
-
-# No tests on x86 because tests require dev-db/mongodb which don't support
-# x86 anymore (bug #645994)
-RESTRICT="x86? ( test )
-	!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="app-arch/snappy:=
-	app-arch/zstd:=
-	>=dev-libs/libbson-${PV}[static-libs?]
-	sys-libs/zlib:=
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
-	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:= )
-	ssl? (
-		dev-libs/openssl:0=
-	)"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? (
-		dev-db/mongodb
-		dev-libs/libbson[static-libs]
-	)"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/sphinx
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.14.0-no-docs.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.16.2-enable-tests.patch" # enable tests with system libbson
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	cmake_src_prepare
-
-	# sphinx's -Werror
-	sed -i -e 's:-qEW:-qE:' build/cmake/SphinxBuild.cmake || die
-
-	# copy private headers for tests since we don't build libbson
-	if use test; then
-		mkdir -p src/libbson/tests/bson || die
-		cp src/libbson/src/bson/bson-*.h src/libbson/tests/bson/ || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON # mongoc-stat insecure runpath
-		-DENABLE_BSON=SYSTEM
-		-DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF
-		-DENABLE_ICU="$(usex icu ON OFF)"
-		-DENABLE_MAN_PAGES=ON
-		-DENABLE_MONGOC=ON
-		-DENABLE_SNAPPY=SYSTEM
-		-DENABLE_ZLIB=SYSTEM
-		-DENABLE_SASL="$(usex sasl CYRUS OFF)"
-		-DENABLE_SSL="$(usex ssl OPENSSL OFF )"
-		-DENABLE_STATIC="$(usex static-libs ON OFF)"
-		-DENABLE_TESTS="$(usex test ON OFF)"
-		-DENABLE_TRACING="$(usex debug ON OFF)"
-		-DENABLE_UNINSTALL=OFF
-		-DENABLE_ZSTD=ON
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-# FEATURES="test -network-sandbox" USE="static-libs" emerge dev-libs/mongo-c-driver
-src_test() {
-	local PORT=27099
-	mongod --port ${PORT} --bind_ip 127.0.0.1 --nounixsocket --fork \
-		--dbpath="${T}" --logpath="${T}/mongod.log" || die
-	MONGOC_TEST_URI="mongodb://[127.0.0.1]:${PORT}" ../mongo-c-driver-${PV}_build/src/libmongoc/test-libmongoc || die
-	kill $(<"${T}/mongod.lock")
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	if use examples; then
-		docinto examples
-		dodoc src/libmongoc/examples/*.c
-	fi
-
-	cmake_src_install
-}