diff --git a/dev-python/dropbox/Manifest b/dev-python/dropbox/Manifest
index a22c7acaf9..bae8fd436a 100644
--- a/dev-python/dropbox/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/dropbox/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST dropbox-sdk-python-11.36.2.gh.tar.gz 1166700 BLAKE2B afd0592bd1e18416f91d1fd673f2b7b7f605eaab80c02a9d8535fefa7fb23c8bc6a08c191492e1ced5d4b2d17fa72e8e5b6a58ba797f170c0efb75e755a451c9 SHA512 ec27685b4e5344e706bffb68b110ef2d7b307a5865bed3e042d6835f3666d2eefca646627a07bae1a3142e5f0346865fe285b037b00f3da081eb5797f9a768f5
-DIST dropbox-sdk-python-12.0.1.gh.tar.gz 1155009 BLAKE2B 615aa4650d030fbbf7e6f487c2a314f763a4b153cd94c1e2f9720c4b426bf53007e4e01883f1cde2fab25b6df8f9bc35cc376ced9100c4c023c2685366b2456c SHA512 4346ced633f07f255ac23089bb8e4ed22dbba18b25e1e36dc3c083bb4afa45a8824ac772db04cd0b679b43c08c61dcca1dfa70fbb367b3dc625d5f6647d31589
 DIST dropbox-sdk-python-12.0.2.gh.tar.gz 1155008 BLAKE2B cc0006909a204f0b9efab7605680027b144dfff5c91ddf31460884ada4948b285ff0777f19f9395a1fc447a906018c3a43b40bc7651bdbb715c597849e7ecba9 SHA512 73834c89e2dc8b129a549d082a7862ec81f731c4977c6650cc421c08b62903b78c9fa1e191a330022591e2cb0e29b825e89e2d04056e2f4e6362a168b57fec39
diff --git a/dev-python/dropbox/dropbox-12.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/dropbox/dropbox-12.0.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d32005804c..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/dropbox/dropbox-12.0.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-GH_PN=dropbox-sdk-python
-
-DESCRIPTION="The offical Dropbox SDK for Python"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.dropbox.com/developers"
-# pypi does not have tests, stick with gh
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/dropbox/${GH_PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${GH_PN}-${PV}.gh.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}"/${GH_PN}-${PV}
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/stone[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
-
-# disable tests that need SCOPED_USER_DROPBOX_TOKEN
-# and tests that fail
-EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-	test/integration/test_dropbox.py
-	test/unit/test_dropbox_unit.py::TestClient
-	test/unit/test_dropbox_unit.py::TestOAuth::test_NoRedirect_whole_flow
-)
-
-distutils_enable_tests pytest
-
-python_prepare_all() {
-	# this is wrong
-	sed -i -e "s/^import mock$/from unittest import mock/" test/unit/test_dropbox_unit.py || die
-
-	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
-}