diff --git a/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-0.5.1.ebuild b/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-0.5.1.ebuild
index 4eaba507e6..0546b3ac03 100644
--- a/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-0.5.1.ebuild
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@ EAPI=7
 
 DESCRIPTION="A program to read and control device brightness"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-fi
-
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="systemd udev"
diff --git a/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-9999.ebuild b/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-9999.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4eaba507e6..0000000000
--- a/app-misc/brightnessctl/brightnessctl-9999.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-DESCRIPTION="A program to read and control device brightness"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/Hummer12007/brightnessctl/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="systemd udev"
-
-DEPEND="
-	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
-	udev? ( virtual/udev )
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	systemd? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
-"
-
-src_compile() {
-	use systemd && export ENABLE_SYSTEMD=1
-	emake
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local myconf
-
-	# Upstream does not install udev rules if systemd is enabled
-	# Following this behaviour if both flags are enabled here
-	if use systemd && use udev; then
-		myconf="INSTALL_UDEV_RULES=0"
-	elif use udev; then
-		myconf="INSTALL_UDEV_RULES=1"
-	else
-		myconf="INSTALL_UDEV_RULES=0"
-	fi
-
-	emake install ${myconf} DESTDIR="${D}"
-	dodoc README.md
-}