diff --git a/dev-ml/base-bytes/base-bytes-0.ebuild b/dev-ml/base-bytes/base-bytes-0.ebuild
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--- a/dev-ml/base-bytes/base-bytes-0.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Bytes library distributed with the OCaml compiler"
-HOMEPAGE="https://opam.ocaml.org/packages/base-bytes/"
-
-LICENSE="QPL-1.0 LGPL-2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-lang/ocaml"
diff --git a/dev-ml/base-bytes/metadata.xml b/dev-ml/base-bytes/metadata.xml
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index d2b2c8ce9f..0000000000
--- a/dev-ml/base-bytes/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
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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">
-		<description>co-maintainers welcome</description>
-		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
-	</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-ml/base-threads/base-threads-0.ebuild b/dev-ml/base-threads/base-threads-0.ebuild
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index 2a29308498..0000000000
--- a/dev-ml/base-threads/base-threads-0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Threads library distributed with the OCaml compiler"
-HOMEPAGE="https://opam.ocaml.org/packages/base-threads/"
-
-LICENSE="QPL-1.0 LGPL-2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-lang/ocaml"
diff --git a/dev-ml/base-threads/metadata.xml b/dev-ml/base-threads/metadata.xml
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index d2b2c8ce9f..0000000000
--- a/dev-ml/base-threads/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<description>co-maintainers welcome</description>
-		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
-	</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-ml/base-unix/base-unix-0.ebuild b/dev-ml/base-unix/base-unix-0.ebuild
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index 731234eb77..0000000000
--- a/dev-ml/base-unix/base-unix-0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DESCRIPTION="Unix library distributed with the OCaml compiler"
-HOMEPAGE="https://opam.ocaml.org/packages/base-unix/"
-
-LICENSE="QPL-1.0 LGPL-2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-SLOT="0"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-lang/ocaml"
diff --git a/dev-ml/base-unix/metadata.xml b/dev-ml/base-unix/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d2b2c8ce9f..0000000000
--- a/dev-ml/base-unix/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<description>co-maintainers welcome</description>
-		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
-	</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>