diff --git a/dev-python/spotipy/Manifest b/dev-python/spotipy/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/dev-python/spotipy/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST spotipy-2.17.1.tar.gz 100524 BLAKE2B 3c020276f245b03a5a2052b49e353ead6aca69c510ddaeef732aa0ecd835abccf49fde58ac26bd5c64f9ea7afa9b6772a36abbc3d48a076559c6fb96e465ce7d SHA512 39dbd089fe98896387f805e6cb487c38543c0777aaf73cacc805d5f6f074c07ee5a5dd7adfe7925cdc717e46b5fee0e9151265fd4f792b901040e107cb8c515c
-DIST spotipy-2.19.0.tar.gz 102703 BLAKE2B bc132edb972236b43097c0bbc9d86932a3305d8bd3807e44e20767b123455950b8e01060efd83c87b3a162e329f5c48614205f131686af7f9312a44894a7f1e7 SHA512 fbaecd1a2cab3ef458d30de46cb89462021dfc3cfc85516d8bfe509af016a0b19af2f8de4f5cae36188b1ce1f5718c75edff0e71af2a87f4d720ee99d4541a6a
diff --git a/dev-python/spotipy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/spotipy/metadata.xml
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index a0a60d7147..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/spotipy/metadata.xml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.17.1.ebuild b/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.17.1.ebuild
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index bebfe00000..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.17.1.ebuild
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@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8,9} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="A light weight Python library for the Spotify Web API"
-HOMEPAGE="https://spotipy.readthedocs.io
-	https://github.com/plamere/spotipy"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/plamere/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-IUSE="examples"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 "
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-BDEPEND="test? ( dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
-
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	# this test requires user credentials
-	rm tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py || die
-
-	# this test requires a spotify client ID
-	rm tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py || die
-
-	# need internet access
-	sed -i -e 's:test_spotify_client_credentials_get_access_token:_&:' \
-		tests/unit/test_oauth.py || die
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_test() {
-	pytest -vv tests || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
-}
-
-python_install_all() {
-	use examples && dodoc -r examples
-
-	distutils-r1_python_install_all
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.19.0.ebuild b/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.19.0.ebuild
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index a941f38831..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/spotipy/spotipy-2.19.0.ebuild
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@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="A light weight Python library for the Spotify Web API"
-HOMEPAGE="https://spotipy.readthedocs.io
-	https://github.com/plamere/spotipy"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/plamere/${PN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-IUSE="examples"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-BDEPEND="test? ( dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
-
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	# this test requires user credentials
-	rm tests/integration/test_user_endpoints.py || die
-
-	# this test requires a spotify client ID
-	rm tests/integration/test_non_user_endpoints.py || die
-
-	# need internet access
-	sed -i -e 's:test_spotify_client_credentials_get_access_token:_&:' \
-		tests/unit/test_oauth.py || die
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}
-
-python_install_all() {
-	use examples && dodoc -r examples
-
-	distutils-r1_python_install_all
-}