diff --git a/mate-extra/mate-utils/Manifest b/mate-extra/mate-utils/Manifest
index ee29cf2869169..5902dc6bfe34d 100644
--- a/mate-extra/mate-utils/Manifest
+++ b/mate-extra/mate-utils/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 DIST mate-utils-1.10.4.tar.xz 6482724 SHA256 a15610f42c5b4f4f2cd6aef876080912297edde5ba568dfd42f066afc876d491 SHA512 7d162f21efec756abb4429e7e4ed461286ea0fda9e7279610eb8e9fe4b5af1782759f28b98574042e3c9e5cdfd2d00e0f59a16ea56a1852af47f35a8c7e99f79 WHIRLPOOL 3689a7c4921c53369c5a8b009de276a50b7420799528ec55bdba03493a9b4f6ebf4d21216a31bdffc2968fbfb83355c2f077d694c75e60fca1ad3af7a2989b13
-DIST mate-utils-1.8.1.tar.xz 2648184 SHA256 0ad9c40c656214caaa6cbd2107ebb13e3cea0b64b4e31c7105568726313522a5 SHA512 71a6a57365a067012447222b2ef4b768234b2e58bf88b5b45c6e4b7f746c81136ea1dfee45257406b19f2c4f4c51adc3279b09f7c9c41bfe7be9c66321ad0eef WHIRLPOOL fc35c564fb378ebfc147b9344790aae5a3934e86f6cf642dedb2ab98ae093bb259e298f4fa6de98157f3c4775445862888a56464de8852d829e6040f9a42fc95
diff --git a/mate-extra/mate-utils/mate-utils-1.8.1.ebuild b/mate-extra/mate-utils/mate-utils-1.8.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a1ddf82a7449..0000000000000
--- a/mate-extra/mate-utils/mate-utils-1.8.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Id$
-
-EAPI="5"
-
-GCONF_DEBUG="yes"
-GNOME2_LA_PUNT="yes"
-
-inherit gnome2 versionator
-
-MATE_BRANCH="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
-
-SRC_URI="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${MATE_BRANCH}/${P}.tar.xz"
-DESCRIPTION="Utilities for the MATE desktop"
-HOMEPAGE="http://mate-desktop.org"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-
-IUSE="X applet ipv6 test"
-
-RDEPEND="app-text/rarian:0
-	dev-libs/atk:0
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.20:2
-	>=gnome-base/libgtop-2.12:2=
-	>=media-libs/libcanberra-0.4:0[gtk]
-	sys-libs/zlib:0
-	>=x11-libs/gtk+-2.24:2
-	x11-libs/cairo:0
-	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
-	x11-libs/libICE:0
-	x11-libs/libSM:0
-	x11-libs/libX11:0
-	x11-libs/libXext:0
-	x11-libs/pango:0
-	applet? ( >=mate-base/mate-panel-1.8:0 )"
-
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	>=app-text/scrollkeeper-dtd-1:1.0
-	app-text/yelp-tools:0
-	>=dev-util/intltool-0.40:*
-	>=mate-base/mate-common-1.8:0
-	x11-proto/xextproto:0
-	sys-devel/gettext:*
-	virtual/pkgconfig:*"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	gnome2_src_prepare
-
-	# Remove -D.*DISABLE_DEPRECATED cflagss
-	# This method is kinda prone to breakage. Recheck carefully with next bump.
-	# bug 339074
-	LC_ALL=C find . -iname 'Makefile.am' -exec \
-		sed -e '/-D[A-Z_]*DISABLE_DEPRECATED/d' -i {} + || die
-
-	# Do Makefile.in after Makefile.am to avoid automake maintainer-mode
-	LC_ALL=C find . -iname 'Makefile.in' -exec \
-		sed -e '/-D[A-Z_]*DISABLE_DEPRECATED/d' -i {} + || die
-
-	if ! use test; then
-		sed -e 's/ tests//' -i logview/Makefile.{am,in} || die
-	fi
-
-	# Fix up desktop files.
-	LC_ALL=C find . -iname '*.desktop.in*' -exec \
-		sed -e 's/Categories\(.*\)MATE/Categories\1X-MATE/' -i {} + || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local myconf
-	if ! use debug; then
-		myconf="${myconf} --enable-debug=minimum"
-	fi
-
-	gnome2_src_configure \
-		$(use_enable applet gdict-applet) \
-		$(use_enable ipv6) \
-		$(use_with X x) \
-		--disable-maintainer-flags \
-		--enable-zlib \
-		${myconf}
-}
-
-DOCS="AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS"