diff --git a/dev-python/colored/Manifest b/dev-python/colored/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/dev-python/colored/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST colored-2.2.4.tar.bz2 18246 BLAKE2B 0895ad4c0851af77526309d991f0271d1837087ecf1562031fdd391fa820e6973155ce5b9be66c527855331f25195ef327508bcfbba5bc5bb31d9a5b0c13d30f SHA512 4ae77b2b72d06c9da3dfe232cc4eac2414c350d8b19905005f1f0d31b208238b1462f59468d89860fb2c4617e47c81b48f0780a22969dc2ee83c90ffd2dd5431
diff --git a/dev-python/colored/colored-2.2.4.ebuild b/dev-python/colored/colored-2.2.4.ebuild
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index 681699a688..0000000000
--- a/dev-python/colored/colored-2.2.4.ebuild
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@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=flit
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} pypy3 )
-
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Very simple Python library for color and formatting in terminal"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/dslackw/colored"
-SRC_URI="https://gitlab.com/dslackw/${PN}/-/archive/${PV}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-
-DOCS=( CHANGES.md README.rst docs )
-
-# Until we find a way to set colored as unaware of TTY, we should not test as
-# half of them fail, see https://gitlab.com/dslackw/colored/-/issues/32
-# distutils_enable_tests pytest
diff --git a/dev-python/colored/metadata.xml b/dev-python/colored/metadata.xml
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--- a/dev-python/colored/metadata.xml
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-    <!-- maintainer-needed -->
-    <longdescription lang="en">
-        Very simple Python library for color and formatting in terminal.
-        Collection of color codes and names for 256 color terminal setups.
-    </longdescription>
-    <upstream>
-        <bugs-to>https://gitlab.com/dslackw/colored/-/issues</bugs-to>
-        <remote-id type="gitlab">dslackw/colored</remote-id>
-        <remote-id type="pypi">colored</remote-id>
-    </upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 72e5c91c20..9289ab01ab 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ sci-physics/openmodelica
 gui-apps/coreterminal
 gui-apps/coreapps-meta
 
-# Takuya Wakazono <pastalian46@gmail.com> (2024-12-07)
-# No reverse dependencies left.
-# Removal on 2025-01-07. Bug #929981.
-dev-python/colored
-
 # Gasc Henri <gasc@eurecom.fr> (2024-12-05)
 # Last release was in 2017, 2 commits in the last 3 years
 # Removal on 2025-01-05