diff --git a/dev-libs/libmodbus/Manifest b/dev-libs/libmodbus/Manifest
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST libmodbus-3.0.6.tar.gz 504757 SHA256 046d63f10f755e2160dc56ef681e5f5ad3862a57c1955fd82e0ce036b69471b6 SHA512 47a271b3677822701bac924f3e3245e3db72dbadfe1d860ae5d8171b32d2dbb1c761a351d055eafc661a15bc13cb60b793b2b0f9654bbafcf01b457d51991dca WHIRLPOOL f586f4e98083d9eccda7bc49dfda2ff24b167e50fb7cbf9a515066cef179b8a43190daecbf2de0871d09d443ff5d1ec871a77590b8d6f0d992354912a80d5215
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmodbus/libmodbus-3.0.6.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmodbus/libmodbus-3.0.6.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# Thanks to the original author for the code, xmw@gentoo.org for the code
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Modbus library which supports RTU communication over a serial line or a TCP link"
-HOMEPAGE="http://libmodbus.org/"
-SRC_URI="http://libmodbus.org/releases/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="static-libs"
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		--disable-silent-rules \
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake install DESTDIR="${D}"
-	use static-libs || rm "${D}"/usr/*/libmodbus.la
-}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmodbus/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libmodbus/metadata.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="person">
-<email>jack9603301@163.com</email>
-<name>Michael Weber</name>
-</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>