diff --git a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.3.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.3.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f8b4023e4e..0000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="7"
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="AXL provides a common C interface to transfer files in an HPC storage hierarchy."
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/AXL"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	sys-cluster/KVTree
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-"
-
-RESTRICT="test" # https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/AXL/issues/110
-#RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/no-install-readme.patch"
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		#other options available: CRAY_DW INTEL_CPPR IBM_BBAPI
-		-DAXL_ASYNC_API=NONE
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-	dodoc -r doc/.
-}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.4.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.4.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index fd904adbfb..0000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.4.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI="7"
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="AXL provides a common C interface to transfer files in an HPC storage hierarchy."
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/AXL"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	sys-cluster/KVTree
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-"
-
-RESTRICT="test" # https://github.com/ECP-VeloC/AXL/issues/110
-#RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/no-static-${PV}.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/no-install-readme.patch"
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		#other options available: CRAY_DW INTEL_CPPR IBM_BBAPI
-		-DAXL_ASYNC_API=NONE
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-	dodoc -r doc/.
-}
diff --git a/sys-cluster/AXL/Manifest b/sys-cluster/AXL/Manifest
index 46e1dd2b3d..834a1db4c4 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/AXL/Manifest
+++ b/sys-cluster/AXL/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST AXL-0.3.0.tar.gz 36436 BLAKE2B c2d4b42426f7ff879d4329879f0f50d79c163925ce6010c3a38fdafd911dc0378be658d0d25154814ffc7442dca2bd036a547800827171383eb855df9a4010ea SHA512 7cacd3614be94b0344cdd5a5e489c9d1b17cef777749e1c3c4eba642f853d767de1c9eced1fa44f931abeb70c89da2468f6a8fa857c213766bbdac6f3f83ce21
-DIST AXL-0.4.0.tar.gz 47348 BLAKE2B a84b53b2c8d17a33a1ea95a3063210b40d3ca17151d9579f40ac8f70e32fe36bb79f4660efa3dedfbb0cce550cf6f14cdf7861d883b2e7f4c79ed88ab432ee70 SHA512 64d13600da8540b8d40b7de6ec242434fc437bb6b62aa5cebd6a3c5c2d8e2c0cae9311a6af99f19981fbeb0522b7148a28efb3d4e69b727bfc69711cf21a8419
 DIST AXL-0.5.0.tar.gz 47792 BLAKE2B acc82ac512f2e598bd0f11b9e762b9aad618a50e38b3e3f117232b9c94efa444b39ed8d8923278a18db39ba4db46fc95867a3c9efaa7a38ed9a5280649d8ceae SHA512 81d9bb0c5cd100dee8bc813f7f39ad8c7f18ed6415525845bf6d79ccfe6e84c00d0660e0621ad9458522826068fbbb8cbf4680abc5b23cd4da058ce9f5482a4d
 DIST AXL-0.7.0.tar.gz 48339 BLAKE2B 57525b6288617f0f9b2d4fcbe653a2bdc312d81a9b00671d79f625a8ea9b8b79dcfc3122acf2d27fc60c5f1d04b4f90d688fe9e1441fa3f9a44575cac9056318 SHA512 5d57f1dd60dfe8ceb27348a1c0389291a3cac6d909514fdbd6fdf31eeaba974a0b5aca23e7de35fea63585485c841622f4993cf0b3a060aa54af532728fc826d
diff --git a/sys-cluster/AXL/files/no-static-0.4.0.patch b/sys-cluster/AXL/files/no-static-0.4.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2240be4285..0000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/AXL/files/no-static-0.4.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@
- TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(axl ${AXL_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
- SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(axl PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME axl CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
- INSTALL(TARGETS axl DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
--
--ADD_LIBRARY(axl-static STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:axl_o>)
--IF(AXL_LINK_STATIC)
--        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(axl-static PROPERTIES LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC 1)
--        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(axl-static PROPERTIES LINK_SEARCH_END_STATIC 1)
--ENDIF(AXL_LINK_STATIC)
--TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(axl-static ${AXL_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
--
--SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(axl-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME axl CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
--INSTALL(TARGETS axl-static DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})