diff --git a/app-arch/xz-utils/Manifest b/app-arch/xz-utils/Manifest
index 04f037d38d1fe..37aea0d0163a6 100644
--- a/app-arch/xz-utils/Manifest
+++ b/app-arch/xz-utils/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST xz-5.2.3.tar.gz 1490665 BLAKE2B 470791a67fe635165559b0364c9c0e968f3fc32ba7af53d0173d620ca65c68428e0d4d18ada341a063ea3eabb1b51a71cf873218ca0622fd41e01c20a6f04078 SHA512 a5eb4f707cf31579d166a6f95dbac45cf7ea181036d1632b4f123a4072f502f8d57cd6e7d0588f0bf831a07b8fc4065d26589a25c399b95ddcf5f73435163da6
 DIST xz-5.2.4.tar.gz 1572354 BLAKE2B 877242324afd3c7eb21d3a9414c53843f4d1bb089206e8e545e280b32ff5372f7fb4a1b0c27cb6fdf0d0a27a668e9772ecc3fffc181df95d081ca9c2e987b83b SHA512 e5bf6eb88365d2dbdc774db49261fb9fae0544ed297891fc20f1ed223f4072cb0357cbd98146ac35b6d29410a12b6739bbd111cd57d4a225bef255ed46988578
diff --git a/app-arch/xz-utils/xz-utils-5.2.3.ebuild b/app-arch/xz-utils/xz-utils-5.2.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 80a98b5080c0a..0000000000000
--- a/app-arch/xz-utils/xz-utils-5.2.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# Remember: we cannot leverage autotools in this ebuild in order
-#           to avoid circular deps with autotools
-
-EAPI=5
-
-inherit multilib toolchain-funcs libtool multilib-minimal preserve-libs
-
-if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.tukaani.org/xz.git"
-	inherit git-r3 autotools
-	SRC_URI=""
-	EXTRA_DEPEND="sys-devel/gettext dev-vcs/cvs >=sys-devel/libtool-2" #272880 286068
-else
-	MY_P="${PN/-utils}-${PV/_}"
-	SRC_URI="https://tukaani.org/xz/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ia64 m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv s390 sh sparc x86 ~ppc-aix ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~m68k-mint ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
-	S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-	EXTRA_DEPEND=
-fi
-
-DESCRIPTION="utils for managing LZMA compressed files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://tukaani.org/xz/"
-
-# See top-level COPYING file as it outlines the various pieces and their licenses.
-LICENSE="public-domain LGPL-2.1+ GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="elibc_FreeBSD +extra-filters nls static-libs +threads"
-
-RDEPEND="!<app-arch/lzma-4.63
-	!<app-arch/p7zip-4.57"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	${EXTRA_DEPEND}"
-
-# Tests currently do not account for smaller feature set
-RESTRICT="!extra-filters? ( test )"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
-		eautopoint
-		eautoreconf
-	else
-		elibtoolize  # to allow building shared libs on Solaris/x64
-	fi
-}
-
-multilib_src_configure() {
-	local myconf=(
-		$(use_enable nls)
-		$(use_enable threads)
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-	)
-	multilib_is_native_abi ||
-		myconf+=( --disable-{xz,xzdec,lzmadec,lzmainfo,lzma-links,scripts} )
-	if ! use extra-filters; then
-		myconf+=(
-			# LZMA1 + LZMA2 for standard .lzma & .xz files
-			--enable-encoders=lzma1,lzma2
-			--enable-decoders=lzma1,lzma2
-			# those are used by default, depending on preset
-			--enable-match-finders=hc3,hc4,bt4
-			# CRC64 is used by default, though some (old?) files use CRC32
-			--enable-checks=crc32,crc64
-		)
-	fi
-
-	use elibc_FreeBSD && export ac_cv_header_sha256_h=no #545714
-	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myconf[@]}"
-}
-
-multilib_src_install() {
-	default
-	gen_usr_ldscript -a lzma
-}
-
-multilib_src_install_all() {
-	prune_libtool_files --all
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/xz/COPYING* || die
-	mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/{xz,${PF}} || die
-}
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-	preserve_old_lib /usr/$(get_libdir)/liblzma$(get_libname 0)
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	preserve_old_lib_notify /usr/$(get_libdir)/liblzma$(get_libname 0)
-}