diff --git a/dev-python/cymem/Manifest b/dev-python/cymem/Manifest
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--- a/dev-python/cymem/Manifest
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST cymem-2.0.6.tar.gz 8241 BLAKE2B 359c1cee8b3d01a2e659898992c22da7f7e3fab0ae5481d328f660c314a0dde85ca868e63e2c1b55b3624e568f369b8e993da04fa30c2ea79d21472cc6c1f7b0 SHA512 058fef116e02a38960017bfb4347f625fd5bda39cc239c8b434c7c928a9303678e1689ae5860181750fa23d8ee7a0bce1836c33420b6b4799d297df85f2b64e7
-DIST cymem-2.0.7.tar.gz 9911 BLAKE2B 3a54b97e283cf1c7935ff71af9144ed02ec37f85394d75bffa22c162b0d7548f1a0d74c8266d5b634a66dabebc90419fe34d2ade388a9379e2660665aeb27122 SHA512 bc5f95eef51044db48a3bfd4c4db1955dee6fb62f7bd16c103c957d77cec9192a8e11411b84a3449629015a080217ee2e52cca69867f70170498333648f18d0c
diff --git a/dev-python/cymem/cymem-2.0.6.ebuild b/dev-python/cymem/cymem-2.0.6.ebuild
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{8..11} )
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Manage calls to calloc/free through Cython"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pypi.org/project/cymem/
-	https://github.com/explosion/cymem
-"
-SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-DEPEND="dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	cd "${T}" || die
-	epytest --pyargs ${PN}
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/cymem/cymem-2.0.7.ebuild b/dev-python/cymem/cymem-2.0.7.ebuild
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--- a/dev-python/cymem/cymem-2.0.7.ebuild
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@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{8..11} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Manage calls to calloc/free through Cython"
-HOMEPAGE="
-	https://pypi.org/project/cymem/
-	https://github.com/explosion/cymem
-"
-SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-BDEPEND="dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/cymem-2.0.7-flags.patch )
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_test() {
-	cd "${T}" || die
-	epytest --pyargs ${PN}
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/cymem/files/cymem-2.0.7-flags.patch b/dev-python/cymem/files/cymem-2.0.7-flags.patch
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index 433fe9e5c8..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/cymem/files/cymem-2.0.7-flags.patch
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Don't overwrite user optimizations
-
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MOD_NAMES = ["cymem.cymem"]
- # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/724664/python-distutils-how-to-get-a-compiler-that-is-going-to-be-used
- compile_options = {
-     "msvc": ["/Ox", "/EHsc"],
--    "other": ["-O3", "-Wno-strict-prototypes", "-Wno-unused-function"],
-+    "other": ["-Wno-strict-prototypes", "-Wno-unused-function"],
- }
- link_options = {"msvc": [], "other": []}
- 
diff --git a/dev-python/cymem/metadata.xml b/dev-python/cymem/metadata.xml
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index d1ac5645d8..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/cymem/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>cyber+gentoo@sysrq.in</email>
-		<name>Anna</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="pypi">cymem</remote-id>
-		<remote-id type="github">explosion/cymem</remote-id>
-	</upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>