diff --git a/dev-db/soci/Manifest b/dev-db/soci/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index a401da3d6f..0000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST soci-4.0.3.tar.gz 1213452 BLAKE2B c0fe6d80e32a8df6de94d6fea5bafc1010b8f3e83a7132f95784e1dcc9b682e0037909621a5526c84dd78de60490016916d444f22dfb2a751c357c7a34ff6539 SHA512 1a3a00b8656a95d0e47256fe5ce5a26bc3fc6379b8cadfb12d4e604fb0168724d6cd7090b6b47ee329822593089386a59bdd040b081d873fcc31ad3555031bc6
-DIST soci-4.1.2.tar.gz 4380345 BLAKE2B 9c2036fcf8a5021a4906384fceb4b9b0e7284a0daff6392d919a80c9d28d9bacb94346c0d5dffad571c8cb5da60d7e479dd4bc5cadcdd7a88e3918a714a35b45 SHA512 45fe481809abd9c22c609dd9488bf4c2d3fd9df20e5973be7898647061f52dbff260940f218337c351c2d33d1bcd10b811436bae4cbd03bcab827b76e41ac566
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/files/soci-4.0.3-cmake-4.patch b/dev-db/soci/files/soci-4.0.3-cmake-4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a123aeae5..0000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/files/soci-4.0.3-cmake-4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- soci-4.0.3/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-05-25 10:58:59.233104228 +0200
-+++ soci-4.0.3/CMakeLists.txt	2025-05-25 11:02:52.179087165 +0200
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- ###############################################################################
- # General settings
- ###############################################################################
--cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8 FATAL_ERROR)
-+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR)
- 
- project(SOCI)
- 
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- option(SOCI_VISIBILITY "Enable hiding private symbol using ELF visibility if supported by the platform" ON)
- 
- if (SOCI_LTO)
--    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
-+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
- 
-     # Check and enable lto support
-     include(CheckIPOSupported)
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml b/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e9eb83d072..0000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>sigsegv@radiotube.org</email>
-    <description>Jan-Espen Oversand</description>
-  </maintainer>
-  <use>
-    <flag name="cxx11">Enable c++11 support</flag>
-  </use>
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="sourceforge">soci</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.0.3-r4.ebuild b/dev-db/soci/soci-4.0.3-r4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b36989c37a..0000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.0.3-r4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="SOCI - The C++ Database Access Library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/"
-SRC_URI="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/files/soci/${P}/${P}.tar.gz/download -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="odbc sqlite oracle postgres mysql static-libs test lto +cxx11"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}"-cmake-4.patch
-)
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	soci_odbc_test_mssql
-	soci_odbc_test_mssql_static
-	soci_odbc_test_mysql
-	soci_odbc_test_mysql_static
-	soci_odbc_test_postgresql
-	soci_odbc_test_postgresql_static
-	soci_postgresql_test
-	soci_postgresql_test_static
-	soci_mysql_test
-	soci_mysql_test_static
-)
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/boost-1.85.0-r1
-	odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
-	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
-	oracle? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient[sdk] )
-	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
-	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DSOCI_STATIC="$(usex static-libs)"
-		-DSOCI_TESTS="$(usex test)"
-		-DSOCI_LTO="$(usex lto)"
-		-DSOCI_CXX11="$(usex cxx11)"
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
diff --git a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2.ebuild b/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index cd4a38396d..0000000000
--- a/dev-db/soci/soci-4.1.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="SOCI - The C++ Database Access Library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/"
-SRC_URI="https://sourceforge.net/projects/soci/files/soci/${P}/${P}.tar.gz/download -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="odbc sqlite oracle postgres mysql static-libs test lto"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	soci_odbc_test_mssql
-	soci_odbc_test_mssql_static
-	soci_odbc_test_mysql
-	soci_odbc_test_mysql_static
-	soci_odbc_test_postgresql
-	soci_odbc_test_postgresql_static
-	soci_postgresql_test
-	soci_postgresql_test_static
-	soci_mysql_test
-	soci_mysql_test_static
-)
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/boost-1.85.0-r1
-	odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
-	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
-	oracle? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient[sdk] )
-	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
-	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DSOCI_STATIC="$(usex static-libs)"
-		-DSOCI_TESTS="$(usex test)"
-		-DSOCI_LTO="$(usex lto)"
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}