diff --git a/sys-apps/man-db/Manifest b/sys-apps/man-db/Manifest
index 5a223d246b132..ca248693ee8ab 100644
--- a/sys-apps/man-db/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/man-db/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST man-db-2.11.2.tar.xz 1953276 BLAKE2B 80ac565cdb69736c0f922b9cbfddcae753d176329781deaf9434d87d7718f9b6ce0b6d4642a03f22a04c7f042dda7f8986b5bce0038f0748461ca55d66964ccc SHA512 edb71cce7249c7b7f2f524e92f682047a77ed9ae8856763dfc8e18e239444651ff4c505e697f5a8b1be3b85678e714fbb1a520defe72a4eb685bc2cecc0e4391
-DIST man-db-2.12.0.tar.xz 1987444 BLAKE2B a6258c1fc9cd81be5d288298660f5b9bda22d726ef98dd5c0a1998809a32391f7244be6897ee8e03483e705a426d6a59d442de3dc2e84f45500daa825ac639db SHA512 4b644a508cf10ef6d27b6325b08f8a89e0695bbc1409bf420efd27649c6851860cc472c4d86063f7b71dccd01fb158faa82afa1e2b91c9a20154acf66b0349bf
 DIST man-db-2.12.1.tar.xz 2041380 BLAKE2B b06c48431608cf798659d19df754d992dca8ba31842613a3326e376e80fe74d913146f45a7f3c5e70c421a2401aeabdb091de78ebb3102b9d70c194286c245a7 SHA512 0f79f4205ce116c3148dc6caf561c1b7d793aac234188ef8edd1b1f5aaaebcca32c65ef403dff65896920535077fb63ddc2e9cb293efdb6ef3037c33916aa329
 DIST man-db-2.13.0.tar.xz 2071032 BLAKE2B 7ce91a7abc6d3bbd92d4707f13caacd8ab5caee0502a2b115f8aa53f4d38df05b0e03346f70584618cce6f5457113e826828a02b847bff57abd6ba6ec1b2d407 SHA512 612ce39bb1e11aa7797e8e3a26f06a7154c48a13b2d74217c2c6701e0d33fa8f77ae2b8c9ee84353e364d16918f884115f2dfbf3cd743edd4ed32b763b87f723
diff --git a/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.11.2.ebuild b/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.11.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 26e6d6874674a..0000000000000
--- a/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.11.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,203 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit systemd prefix tmpfiles
-
-DESCRIPTION="A man replacement that utilizes dbm instead of flat files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db https://www.nongnu.org/man-db/"
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-	inherit autotools git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db"
-else
-	# TODO: Change tarballs to gitlab too...?
-	SRC_URI="mirror://nongnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+manpager nls +seccomp selinux static-libs zlib"
-
-CDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libpipeline-1.5.0
-	sys-apps/groff
-	sys-libs/gdbm:=
-	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )"
-DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="app-arch/xz-utils
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	nls? (
-		>=app-text/po4a-0.45
-		sys-devel/gettext
-		virtual/libiconv
-		virtual/libintl
-	)"
-RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
-	acct-group/man
-	acct-user/man
-	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-mandb )"
-PDEPEND="manpager? ( app-text/manpager )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/man-db-2.9.3-sandbox-env-tests.patch
-)
-
-src_unpack() {
-	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-		git-r3_src_unpack
-
-		# We need to mess with gnulib
-		EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib.git" \
-		EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR="${WORKDIR}/gnulib" \
-		git-r3_src_unpack
-	else
-		default
-	fi
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-		local bootstrap_opts=(
-			--gnulib-srcdir=../gnulib
-			--no-bootstrap-sync
-			--copy
-			--no-git
-		)
-		AUTORECONF="/bin/true" \
-		LIBTOOLIZE="/bin/true" \
-		sh ./bootstrap "${bootstrap_opts[@]}" || die
-
-		eautoreconf
-	fi
-
-	hprefixify src/man_db.conf.in
-	if use prefix ; then
-		{
-			echo "#"
-			echo "# Added settings for Gentoo Prefix"
-			[[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] && \
-				echo "MANDATORY_MANPATH ${EPREFIX}/MacOSX.sdk/usr/share/man"
-			echo "MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man"
-		} >> src/man_db.conf.in
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Set sections we want to search by default
-	local sections="1 1p 8 2 3 3p 4 5 6 7 9 0p tcl n l p o"
-	sections+=" 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x"
-	case ${CHOST} in
-		*-solaris*)
-			# Solaris tends to use sections named after the pkgs that
-			# owns them, in particular for libc functions we want those
-			# sections
-			local s
-			for s in $(cd /usr/share/man/ && echo man*) ; do
-				s=${s#man}
-				[[ " ${sections} " != *" ${s} "* ]] && sections+=" ${s}"
-			done
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	export ac_cv_lib_z_gzopen=$(usex zlib)
-	local myeconfargs=(
-		--with-systemdtmpfilesdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
-		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		--disable-setuid # bug #662438
-		--enable-cache-owner=man
-		--with-sections="${sections}"
-
-		$(use_enable nls)
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-		$(use_with seccomp libseccomp)
-
-		--with-db=gdbm
-	)
-
-	case ${CHOST} in
-		*-solaris*|*-darwin*)
-			myeconfargs+=(
-				$(use_with nls libiconv-prefix "${EPREFIX}"/usr)
-				$(use_with nls libintl-prefix "${EPREFIX}"/usr)
-			)
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
-
-	# Disable color output from groff so that the manpager can add it. bug #184604
-	if use manpager; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e '/^#DEFINE.*\<[nt]roff\>/{s:^#::;s:$: -c:}' \
-			src/man_db.conf || die
-	fi
-
-	cat > 15man-db <<-EOF || die
-	SANDBOX_PREDICT="/var/cache/man"
-	EOF
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-	dodoc docs/{HACKING.md,TODO}
-	find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
-
-	exeinto /etc/cron.daily
-	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/man-db.cron-r1 man-db # bug #289884
-
-	insinto /etc/sandbox.d
-	doins 15man-db
-}
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-	local cachedir="${EROOT}/var/cache/man"
-	# If the system was already exploited, and the attacker is hiding in the
-	# cachedir of the old man-db, let's wipe them out.
-	# see bug  #602588 comment 18
-	local _replacing_version=
-	local _setgid_vuln=0
-	for _replacing_version in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do
-		if ver_test '2.7.6.1-r2' -le "${_replacing_version}" ; then
-			debug-print "Skipping security bug #602588 ... existing installation (${_replacing_version}) should not be affected!"
-		else
-			_setgid_vuln=1
-			debug-print "Applying cleanup for security bug #602588"
-		fi
-	done
-	[[ ${_setgid_vuln} -eq 1 ]] && rm -rf "${cachedir}"
-
-	# Fall back to recreating the cachedir
-	if [[ ! -d ${cachedir} ]] ; then
-		mkdir -p "${cachedir}" || die
-		chown man:man "${cachedir}" || die
-	fi
-
-	# Update the whatis cache
-	if [[ -f ${cachedir}/whatis ]] ; then
-		einfo "Cleaning ${cachedir} from sys-apps/man"
-		find "${cachedir}" -type f '!' '(' -name index.bt -o -name index.db ')' -delete
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	tmpfiles_process man-db.conf
-
-	if [[ -n "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]] ; then
-		local _replacing_version=
-
-		for _replacing_version in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do
-			if [[ $(ver_cut 2 ${_replacing_version}) -lt 7 ]] ; then
-				einfo "Rebuilding man-db from scratch with new database format!"
-				su man -s /bin/sh -c 'mandb --quiet --create' 2>/dev/null
-
-				# No need to run it again if we hit one
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6450925d8d44c..0000000000000
--- a/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit systemd prefix tmpfiles
-
-DESCRIPTION="A man replacement that utilizes dbm instead of flat files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db https://www.nongnu.org/man-db/"
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-	inherit autotools git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db"
-else
-	inherit libtool
-	# TODO: Change tarballs to gitlab too...?
-	SRC_URI="mirror://nongnu/${PN}/${P}.tar.xz"
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+manpager nls +seccomp selinux static-libs zlib"
-
-CDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libpipeline-1.5.0
-	sys-apps/groff
-	sys-libs/gdbm:=
-	seccomp? ( sys-libs/libseccomp )
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )"
-DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="app-arch/xz-utils
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	nls? (
-		>=app-text/po4a-0.45
-		sys-devel/gettext
-		virtual/libiconv
-		virtual/libintl
-	)"
-RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
-	acct-group/man
-	acct-user/man
-	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-mandb )"
-PDEPEND="manpager? ( app-text/manpager )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/man-db-2.9.3-sandbox-env-tests.patch
-)
-
-src_unpack() {
-	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-		git-r3_src_unpack
-
-		# We need to mess with gnulib
-		EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib.git" \
-		EGIT_CHECKOUT_DIR="${WORKDIR}/gnulib" \
-		git-r3_src_unpack
-	else
-		default
-	fi
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]] ; then
-		local bootstrap_opts=(
-			--gnulib-srcdir=../gnulib
-			--no-bootstrap-sync
-			--copy
-			--no-git
-		)
-		AUTORECONF="/bin/true" \
-		LIBTOOLIZE="/bin/true" \
-		sh ./bootstrap "${bootstrap_opts[@]}" || die
-
-		eautoreconf
-	else
-		elibtoolize
-	fi
-
-	hprefixify src/man_db.conf.in
-	if use prefix ; then
-		{
-			echo "#"
-			echo "# Added settings for Gentoo Prefix"
-			[[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] && \
-				echo "MANDATORY_MANPATH ${EPREFIX}/MacOSX.sdk/usr/share/man"
-			echo "MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man"
-		} >> src/man_db.conf.in
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Set sections we want to search by default
-	local sections="1 1p 8 2 3 3p 4 5 6 7 9 0p tcl n l p o"
-	sections+=" 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x"
-	case ${CHOST} in
-		*-solaris*)
-			# Solaris tends to use sections named after the pkgs that
-			# owns them, in particular for libc functions we want those
-			# sections
-			local s
-			for s in $(cd /usr/share/man/ && echo man*) ; do
-				s=${s#man}
-				[[ " ${sections} " != *" ${s} "* ]] && sections+=" ${s}"
-			done
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	export ac_cv_lib_z_gzopen=$(usex zlib)
-	local myeconfargs=(
-		--with-systemdtmpfilesdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
-		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		--disable-setuid # bug #662438
-		$(use_enable !prefix cache-owner man)  # bug #917024
-		--with-sections="${sections}"
-
-		$(use_enable nls)
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
-		$(use_with seccomp libseccomp)
-
-		--with-db=gdbm
-	)
-
-	case ${CHOST} in
-		*-solaris*|*-darwin*)
-			myeconfargs+=(
-				$(use_with nls libiconv-prefix "${EPREFIX}"/usr)
-				$(use_with nls libintl-prefix "${EPREFIX}"/usr)
-			)
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
-
-	# Disable color output from groff so that the manpager can add it. bug #184604
-	if use manpager; then
-		sed -i \
-			-e '/^#DEFINE.*\<[nt]roff\>/{s:^#::;s:$: -c:}' \
-			src/man_db.conf || die
-	fi
-
-	cat > 15man-db <<-EOF || die
-	SANDBOX_PREDICT="/var/cache/man"
-	EOF
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-	dodoc docs/{HACKING.md,TODO}
-	find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
-
-	exeinto /etc/cron.daily
-	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/man-db.cron-r1 man-db # bug #289884
-
-	insinto /etc/sandbox.d
-	doins 15man-db
-}
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-	local cachedir="${EROOT}/var/cache/man"
-	# If the system was already exploited, and the attacker is hiding in the
-	# cachedir of the old man-db, let's wipe them out.
-	# see bug  #602588 comment 18
-	local _replacing_version=
-	local _setgid_vuln=0
-	for _replacing_version in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do
-		if ver_test '2.7.6.1-r2' -le "${_replacing_version}" ; then
-			debug-print "Skipping security bug #602588 ... existing installation (${_replacing_version}) should not be affected!"
-		else
-			_setgid_vuln=1
-			debug-print "Applying cleanup for security bug #602588"
-		fi
-	done
-	[[ ${_setgid_vuln} -eq 1 ]] && rm -rf "${cachedir}"
-
-	# Fall back to recreating the cachedir
-	if [[ ! -d ${cachedir} ]] ; then
-		mkdir -p "${cachedir}" || die
-		chown man:man "${cachedir}" || die
-	fi
-
-	# Update the whatis cache
-	if [[ -f ${cachedir}/whatis ]] ; then
-		einfo "Cleaning ${cachedir} from sys-apps/man"
-		find "${cachedir}" -type f '!' '(' -name index.bt -o -name index.db ')' -delete
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	tmpfiles_process man-db.conf
-
-	if [[ -n "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]] ; then
-		local _replacing_version=
-
-		for _replacing_version in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ; do
-			if [[ $(ver_cut 2 ${_replacing_version}) -lt 7 ]] ; then
-				einfo "Rebuilding man-db from scratch with new database format!"
-				su man -s /bin/sh -c 'mandb --quiet --create' 2>/dev/null
-
-				# No need to run it again if we hit one
-				break
-			fi
-		done
-	fi
-}