diff --git a/net-misc/r8152/Manifest b/net-misc/r8152/Manifest
index f03e2096515fd..cb9a42a0c0e3c 100644
--- a/net-misc/r8152/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/r8152/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST r8152-2.16.3.tar.bz2 73331 BLAKE2B 9e22ee6d9d0197def782f77bfd0c88a2d8827d4f8cc0bbb1a6583ab67533cd07ba79a16cd9350272ed18c733fe809ea1ff70596627abdc65d452bdf817628bc8 SHA512 c37bf5199d3a857c9a7a12f3aa4ecfe9c04b49413aea862a053ebee24c137cd35769e5d5cc7e2bb7dd3bf9057f51ffada0b4e0c53cb3d417e05c8e3fc830705c
 DIST r8152-2.17.1.tar.bz2 75156 BLAKE2B 05b55ea17a579add9a9abee89db490685086bfe29aeea6cbfbdbb63a81dbee4d1cac151822c178e52febe4bee14a3b5deb20737f671fcdbc6dd6d01938b1d18c SHA512 e465b524ee8aaed12da8258195fb8a4c9fea0862812c1ab268e31ad6ec61444c4f4332d643124063b389fd1df7a271c6c057537d4cbe67188a1a2262b4793f42
diff --git a/net-misc/r8152/r8152-2.16.3-r1.ebuild b/net-misc/r8152/r8152-2.16.3-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 82753f37ac208..0000000000000
--- a/net-misc/r8152/r8152-2.16.3-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit linux-mod-r1 udev
-
-DESCRIPTION="r8152 driver for Realtek USB FE / GBE / 2.5G Gaming Ethernet Family Controller"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-usb-3-0-software"
-SRC_URI="http://rtitwww.realtek.com/rtdrivers/cn/nic1/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
-
-RDEPEND="virtual/udev"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-IUSE="+center-tap-short"
-
-# https://github.com/wget/realtek-r8152-linux/ keeps reasonably up to date
-# with kernel support patches. It appears to be used by the AUR maintainer.
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.16.3-kernel-5.19-fix.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.16.3-kernel-6.1-fix.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.16.3-kernel-6.4.10-fix.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.16.3-asus-c5000-support.patch
-)
-
-src_compile() {
-	local modlist=( ${PN}=kernel/net/usb:. )
-	local modargs=(
-		KERNELDIR="${KV_OUT_DIR}"
-		CONFIG_CTAP_SHORT="$(usex center-tap-short on off)"
-	)
-
-	linux-mod-r1_src_compile
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	linux-mod-r1_src_install
-	udev_dorules 50-usb-realtek-net.rules
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	linux-mod-r1_pkg_postinst
-	udev_reload
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	udev_reload
-}