diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest b/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest
index 7f08e6ed01..baba8807dd 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest
+++ b/dev-cpp/simdutf/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST simdutf-5.3.1.tar.gz 1945706 BLAKE2B df71b5c93e40f09a111e2ba0c895f957c782a464d7f627168abe01f0df341fe8c295b99d6bfd438afb05e79f694f4ae89f6945eeadd37854ddaf2664849aa5f4 SHA512 fed58a74bff878668cff9612143153512a029b225b06a335395117bd606e45878e0839a7fe4f7d8f3d7d98f3652b6548ab65cbe2baf2cf2df0d6899ace01f8e5
 DIST simdutf-5.4.14.tar.gz 1983854 BLAKE2B 478ca647657574f4528f8e61611b44f9a6c76e806d58e07a9eed31b367331643479c0464cfe9cf6e10dceaa3aab8210a7a7286477a7f3f58ddd5a1fb49263321 SHA512 18078e876b15d464b6fe30fca3796a9ac751e7823a7b384dcb6c54dac4622984529d22c30cad7dc9a8ebbb53cff8dda2e46963d532a96b258b75e63d8c8aea0a
diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/simdutf-5.3.1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/simdutf/simdutf-5.3.1.ebuild
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-# Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit cmake python-any-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="simdutf: Unicode validation and transcoding at billions of characters per second"
-HOMEPAGE="https://simdutf.github.io/simdutf/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="|| ( Apache-2.0 MIT )"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="test"
-
-BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
-
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=( -DSIMDUTF_TESTS=$(usex test ON OFF) )
-	cmake_src_configure
-}