diff --git a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/Manifest b/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index ffc2a54372..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST lunarg-vulkan-tools-1.3.296.0.tar.gz 7436219 BLAKE2B 714a253741f2b76bc8403df3f410d417714af68c128439aabdf73b2f00576c06d44fa98aa8b74dd61c50545ed4ff0122af41519dc91bd4385f10543a3a925aa3 SHA512 2d1f5d91aa79b206640e65bba2dadfe881524e9a5e1694df5092e6d59d00f06cd981bd026c0c12528f6b243da7564be98211ce6f6538bd1fd51698f91aa24d47
diff --git a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/files/rm_valijson.patch b/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/files/rm_valijson.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a318a940b7..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/files/rm_valijson.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 6bb7d207d..246988c67 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ find_package(VulkanLoader CONFIG)
- 
- find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries REQUIRED CONFIG)
- 
--find_package(valijson REQUIRED CONFIG)
--
- option(BUILD_TESTS "Build tests")
- option(RUN_ON_GITHUB "Build only tests that can run on Github" OFF)
- option(BUILD_EXPERIMENTAL "Build tests for debugging layers" OFF)
-diff --git a/via/CMakeLists.txt b/via/CMakeLists.txt
-index 975fdb3b0..01ff74fe1 100644
---- a/via/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/via/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ endif()
- 
- target_link_libraries(vkvia PRIVATE
-     Vulkan::Headers
--    valijson
-     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-     $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Vulkan::Loader>
- )
-diff --git a/vkconfig_core/CMakeLists.txt b/vkconfig_core/CMakeLists.txt
-index 165ad94c8..6a1ac3875 100644
---- a/vkconfig_core/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/vkconfig_core/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if(Qt5_FOUND)
-         target_link_libraries(vkconfig_core Cfgmgr32)
-     endif()
- 
--    target_link_libraries(vkconfig_core Vulkan::Headers valijson Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network)
-+    target_link_libraries(vkconfig_core Vulkan::Headers Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network)
- 
-     if(BUILD_TESTS)
-         add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/lunarg-vulkan-tools-1.3.296.0.ebuild b/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/lunarg-vulkan-tools-1.3.296.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 331ad79f18..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/lunarg-vulkan-tools-1.3.296.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-EAPI=8
-
-MY_PN=VulkanTools
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="Vulkan ecosystem tools and extra layers by LunarG."
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/LunarG/VulkanTools/"
-
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/LunarG/${MY_PN}/archive/vulkan-sdk-${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
-"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}"/${MY_PN}-vulkan-sdk-${PV}
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
-SLOT="0"
-
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-cpp/valijson
-	dev-util/vulkan-headers
-	dev-util/vulkan-utility-libraries"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-build/cmake-3.17.2"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/jsoncpp:=
-	dev-qt/qtcore:5
-	dev-qt/qtgui:5
-	dev-qt/qtnetwork:5
-	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-	media-libs/vulkan-loader"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	# remove valijson find_package to properly use system valijson
-	eapply "${FILESDIR}"/rm_valijson.patch
-
-	eapply_user
-
-	cmake_src_prepare
-}
diff --git a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/metadata.xml b/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 730b76c582..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/lunarg-vulkan-tools/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>jiruifan@protonmail.com</email>
-        <name>Revan Ji</name>
-    </maintainer>
-    <longdescription lang="en">LunarG's Vulkan Tools that contains monitor and screenshot layers, unrelated to Khronos' Vulkan-Tools.</longdescription>
-    <upstream><remote-id type="github">LunarG/VulkanTools</remote-id></upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>