diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/Manifest b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 391e8cc914..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST pcsc-lite-2.0.1.tar.bz2 815103 BLAKE2B a9eea4a4da1a78fc22797b17c128889b2f7caf8c4aa02dd77f4ac79e4ec458fb0162578b5422552545cd39303750d5396f3687f8cfee7603fad8d60cb54ee1e8 SHA512 af007f00f43e8d897710580f6f27814c9e7d3ca489ff01edf2e3b979e46267915aa04d9c15f225a420fa681de936e42a1d4779d962717cf9a9f4a3d1ca31502b
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/99-pcscd-hotplug-r1.rules b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/99-pcscd-hotplug-r1.rules
deleted file mode 100644
index fc612d5e25..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/99-pcscd-hotplug-r1.rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# We add this here so that it runs after ccid's and ifd-gempc's rules;
-# if we just added a pcscd-owned device, we hotplug the pcscd service.
-ACTION=="add", ENV{PCSCD}=="1", GROUP="pcscd", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="pcscd.service", RUN+="pcscd.sh"
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.8.11-polkit-pcscd.patch b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.8.11-polkit-pcscd.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7a7b51582..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.8.11-polkit-pcscd.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Index: pcsc-lite-1.8.11/doc/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
-===================================================================
---- pcsc-lite-1.8.11.orig/doc/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
-+++ pcsc-lite-1.8.11/doc/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
-@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
- auth_admin
- yes
-
-+ unix-user:pcscd
-
-
-
-@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
- auth_admin
- yes
-
-+ unix-user:pcscd
-
-
-
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.9.8-systemd-user.patch b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.9.8-systemd-user.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d64c5c032..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcsc-lite-1.9.8-systemd-user.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Don't run the daemon as root
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/545390
-
---- a/etc/pcscd.service.in
-+++ b/etc/pcscd.service.in
-@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
- Documentation=man:pcscd(8)
-
- [Service]
-+PIDFile=/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid
- ExecStart=@sbindir_exp@/pcscd --foreground --auto-exit $PCSCD_ARGS
- ExecReload=@sbindir_exp@/pcscd --hotplug
- EnvironmentFile=-@sysconfdir@/default/pcscd
-+User=pcscd
-+Group=pcscd
-
- [Install]
- Also=pcscd.socket
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-init.7 b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-init.7
deleted file mode 100644
index daf880f0e7..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-init.7
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-name="PC/SC Daemon"
-
-pidfile=/run/pcscd/pcscd.pid
-
-command=/usr/sbin/pcscd
-command_args="${EXTRA_OPTS}"
-
-start_stop_daemon_args="--user pcscd:pcscd"
-
-depend() {
- need localmount
- after udev openct dbus
- use logger
-}
-
-start_pre() {
- checkpath -q -d -m 0755 -o pcscd:pcscd /run/pcscd
-}
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-udev b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-udev
deleted file mode 100644
index e6d6c73488..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd-udev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# pcscd.sh: udev external RUN script
-#
-# based on netifrc net.sh helper
-# Copyright 2007 Roy Marples
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# make sure openrc is managing services
-if [ ! -d /run/openrc ]; then
- exit 0
-fi
-
-IN_HOTPLUG=1 /etc/init.d/pcscd --quiet start
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd.conf b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 168c860e88..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/files/pcscd.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d /run/pcscd 0755 pcscd pcscd -
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 90fbe94fb3..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
- base-system@gentoo.org
- Gentoo Base System
-
-
-
- https://salsa.debian.org/rousseau/PCSC/blob/master/ChangeLog
- LudovicRousseau/PCSC
-
-
diff --git a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-2.0.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-2.0.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b2b403f1b..0000000000
--- a/sys-apps/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite-2.0.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..12} )
-
-inherit python-single-r1 systemd tmpfiles udev multilib-minimal
-
-DESCRIPTION="PC/SC Architecture smartcard middleware library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://pcsclite.apdu.fr https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/PCSC"
-SRC_URI="https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/files/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-# GPL-2 is there for the init script; everything else comes from
-# upstream.
-LICENSE="BSD ISC MIT GPL-3+ GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos"
-# This is called libusb so that it doesn't fool people in thinking that
-# it is _required_ for USB support. Otherwise they'll disable udev and
-# that's going to be worse.
-IUSE="doc embedded libusb policykit selinux systemd +udev"
-REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( udev libusb ) ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-# No dependencies need the MULTILIB_DEPS because the libraries are actually
-# standalone, the deps are only needed for the daemon itself.
-DEPEND="
- libusb? ( virtual/libusb:1 )
- udev? ( virtual/libudev:= )
- policykit? ( >=sys-auth/polkit-0.111 )
- acct-group/openct
- acct-group/pcscd
- acct-user/pcscd
- ${PYTHON_DEPS}"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
- selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-pcscd )"
-BDEPEND="
- app-alternatives/lex
- virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-PATCHES=(
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.8.11-polkit-pcscd.patch
- "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.9.8-systemd-user.patch
-)
-
-multilib_src_configure() {
- ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf \
- --disable-maintainer-mode \
- --disable-strict \
- --enable-usbdropdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/readers/usb \
- --enable-ipcdir=/run/pcscd \
- --with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)" \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable doc documentation) \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable embedded) \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable systemd libsystemd) \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable udev libudev) \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable libusb) \
- $(multilib_native_use_enable policykit polkit)
-}
-
-multilib_src_install_all() {
- einstalldocs
- dodoc HELP SECURITY
-
- newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/pcscd-init.7 pcscd
- dotmpfiles "${FILESDIR}"/pcscd.conf
-
- if use udev; then
- exeinto "$(get_udevdir)"
- newexe "${FILESDIR}"/pcscd-udev pcscd.sh
-
- insinto "$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
- newins "${FILESDIR}"/99-pcscd-hotplug-r1.rules 99-pcscd-hotplug.rules
- fi
-
- python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/bin/pcsc-spy
-
- find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
- elog "Starting from version 1.6.5, pcsc-lite will start as user nobody in"
- elog "the pcscd group, to avoid running as root."
- elog
- elog "This also means you need the newest drivers available so that the"
- elog "devices get the proper owner."
- elog
- elog "Furthermore, a conf.d file is no longer installed by default, as"
- elog "the default configuration does not require one. If you need to"
- elog "pass further options to pcscd, create a file and set the"
- elog "EXTRA_OPTS variable."
- elog
-
- if use udev; then
- elog "Hotplug support is provided by udev rules."
- elog "When using OpenRC you additionally need to tell it to hotplug"
- elog "pcscd by setting this variable in /etc/rc.conf:"
- elog
- elog " rc_hotplug=\"pcscd\""
- fi
-
- tmpfiles_process pcscd.conf
-
- use udev && udev_reload
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
- use udev && udev_reload
-}