diff --git a/net-p2p/gridcoin/Manifest b/net-p2p/gridcoin/Manifest
index 35c40dabc1..a5a0d500d9 100644
--- a/net-p2p/gridcoin/Manifest
+++ b/net-p2p/gridcoin/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST gridcoin-5.4.9.0.tar.gz 42851636 BLAKE2B 9cc9152ed809c5338c82585de9ad7c8a7fbe48167e947a32251b3dc4a68c1639c605982e96333696650b1be1d0b8276387f633a84b85b59ecc8f952844855fc6 SHA512 a4fb04c36f4e3dbf66d040767695c511c2a48676bc2442d8447db455bd4c78eb31432becfa95b50f84c2cdbd2b7f766d6cc86bee9dc179b609e381009a6d9a8e
 DIST gridcoin-5.5.0.0.tar.gz 44109432 BLAKE2B 4e7d1e4e36f6ecab44a181e99bf4e71934db145b7b5e31aa4b8736419d12a40f85391542f01c0c26f199f3d591798dc3c342c7e295fc0ec84c8c235211e4f6f8 SHA512 b0927b11499d8ff6f16cafe54393b2ace1a9b73966e26790e86919f6c29b0a85a45fb3329019c640c6ee945f28d8cae4556bdb2ec4c5df8d6efaca17824e9082
diff --git a/net-p2p/gridcoin/gridcoin-5.4.9.0-r1.ebuild b/net-p2p/gridcoin/gridcoin-5.4.9.0-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 04289276fd..0000000000
--- a/net-p2p/gridcoin/gridcoin-5.4.9.0-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake db-use multilib xdg-utils
-
-MY_PV="${PV/_p/-hotfix-}"
-DESCRIPTION="Proof-of-Stake based cryptocurrency that rewards BOINC computation"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gridcoin.us/ https://gridcoin.world/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}-community/${PN^}-Research/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN^}-Research-${MY_PV}"
-
-LICENSE="BSD BSD-2 Boost-1.0 MIT SSLeay"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="+asm dbus gui qrcode test +upnp"
-IUSE+=" cpu_flags_arm_neon cpu_flags_x86_avx2 cpu_flags_x86_sha cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	dbus? ( gui )
-	qrcode? ( gui )
-"
-
-BDB_SLOT="5.3"
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/boost-1.66.0:=[zlib(+)]
-	>=dev-libs/libsecp256k1-0.2.0:=[recovery(+)]
-	>=dev-libs/leveldb-1.21:=
-	dev-libs/libzip:=
-	dev-libs/openssl:=
-	dev-libs/univalue
-	net-misc/curl[ssl]
-	sys-libs/db:${BDB_SLOT}[cxx]
-	gui? (
-		dev-qt/qtconcurrent:5
-		dev-qt/qtcore:5
-		dev-qt/qtgui:5
-		dev-qt/qtnetwork:5
-		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-		dbus? ( dev-qt/qtdbus:5 )
-		qrcode? ( media-gfx/qrencode:= )
-	)
-	upnp? ( net-libs/miniupnpc:= )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( gui? ( dev-qt/qttest:5 ) )
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	gui? ( dev-qt/linguist-tools:5 )
-	test? ( app-editors/vim-core )
-"
-IDEPEND="gui? ( dev-util/desktop-file-utils )"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DENABLE_DAEMON=$(usex !gui)
-		-DENABLE_GUI=$(usex gui)
-		-DENABLE_TESTS=$(usex test)
-
-		-DENABLE_SSE41=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1)
-		-DENABLE_AVX2=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_avx2)
-		-DENABLE_X86_SHANI=$(usex cpu_flags_x86_sha)
-		-DENABLE_ARM_SHANI=$(usex cpu_flags_arm_neon)
-		-DUSE_ASM=$(usex asm)
-
-		-DENABLE_QRENCODE=$(usex qrcode)
-		-DENABLE_UPNP=$(usex upnp)
-		-DDEFAULT_UPNP=$(usex upnp)
-		-DUSE_DBUS=$(usex dbus)
-
-		-DSYSTEM_BDB=ON
-		-DBerkeleyDB_INCLUDE_DIR="$(db_includedir ${BDB_SLOT})"
-		-DBerkeleyDB_CXX_LIBRARY="${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/libdb_cxx-${BDB_SLOT}$(get_libname)"
-		-DSYSTEM_LEVELDB=ON
-		-DSYSTEM_SECP256K1=ON
-		-DSYSTEM_UNIVALUE=ON
-		-DSYSTEM_XXD=ON
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	# we don't use xdg.eclass because it adds unconditional IDEPENDs
-	if use gui; then
-		xdg_desktop_database_update
-		xdg_icon_cache_update
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	if use gui; then
-		xdg_desktop_database_update
-		xdg_icon_cache_update
-	fi
-}