diff --git a/sys-cluster/KVTree/KVTree-9999.ebuild b/sys-cluster/KVTree/KVTree-9999.ebuild
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index 4b7e153430..0000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/KVTree/KVTree-9999.ebuild
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@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="7"
-
-inherit cmake
-
-case "${PV}" in
-9999)
-	SRC_URI=""
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/${PN}.git"
-	inherit git-r3
-	KEYWORDS=""
-	;;
-*)
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-	;;
-esac
-
-DESCRIPTION="KVTree provides a fully extensible C data structure modeled after Perl hashes."
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/KVTree"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="fcntl +flock mpi test"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-		?? ( fcntl flock )
-"
-RESTRICT="test? ( userpriv ) !test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	mpi? ( virtual/mpi )
-	sys-libs/zlib
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-	app-admin/chrpath
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	#do not build static library
-	sed -i '/kvtree-static/d' src/CMakeLists.txt || die
-	#do not install README.md automatically
-	sed -i '/FILES README.md DESTINATION/d' CMakeLists.txt || die
-	default
-	cmake_src_prepare
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DMPI="$(usex mpi ON OFF)"
-		-DKVTREE_FILE_LOCK="$(usex flock FLOCK $(usex fcntl FCNTL NONE))"
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	chrpath -d "${BUILD_DIR}/src/kvtree_print_file" || die
-	cmake_src_install
-	chrpath -d "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/libkvtree.so" || die
-	dodoc doc/rst/*.rst
-	docinto "${DOCSDIR}/users"
-	dodoc -r doc/rst/users/.
-}