diff --git a/dev-util/uftrace/Manifest b/dev-util/uftrace/Manifest
index 0296cd974479..70215d00da0c 100644
--- a/dev-util/uftrace/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/uftrace/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST uftrace-0.16.tar.gz 1157903 BLAKE2B d79471cc1780f52983adfd40fa726190a70a0ecff900a9059d6963cd893f93c679f3626dd388b5dc17b7cc94a276a086b29b1398fd1270f593d49e5919eae650 SHA512 509fc42369cd495fb12e492b6c7726b0f26fa22bcb87452efc36b232a4bf999ff08c69829ad413ecf2c194e3564cf89f7634cfa03d0427926ee62aa957bacd5b
 DIST uftrace-0.17.tar.gz 1164457 BLAKE2B 7e9ed9af07d9f2ca8b78d7b7651408f5065917207c57855e6486c6d0d8acdaf3f87096a789f74e4458705c2fd59393fb6973f8e43750bc0bb4e3ab56268e6177 SHA512 b76ac32e68b474522f7d9c470940093bc37cf5d3d2d119d10ffad2954262e83c4092f593f307a41c765a6975416bfc62b844436a4d1888639741eb328e16e1d8
 DIST uftrace-0.18.tar.gz 1173673 BLAKE2B 866e4489e482b60fc487de77dfcb5cb1c4733c7e1d5a4fa43728fd1d7129ff53c6dcce493ca7478a554cfba5462c7e457d7fb3d8046cf4804963c6521e1f246d SHA512 07b3559248698c9c5155a6a97e0781b1f16778e773f3522d7f9b553998e69285ddb69e29be9e271c439edd95adb6a12fa57967015716c3e450498f6835b7c613
diff --git a/dev-util/uftrace/uftrace-0.16.ebuild b/dev-util/uftrace/uftrace-0.16.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e4316213aa94..000000000000
--- a/dev-util/uftrace/uftrace-0.16.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-LUA_COMPAT=( luajit )
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..13} )
-
-inherit bash-completion-r1 flag-o-matic lua-single python-single-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Function (graph) tracer for user-space"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/namhyung/uftrace"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/namhyung/uftrace/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64"
-IUSE="capstone lua python unwind"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )
-	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
-"
-
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/ncurses:=
-	virtual/libelf:=
-	capstone? ( dev-libs/capstone:0= )
-	lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
-	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	unwind? ( sys-libs/libunwind:= )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	sed -i -e "s/ARCH/MYARCH/g" -e "/ldconfig/d" -e "/bash.completion/d" Makefile || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# bug #858503 (https://github.com/namhyung/uftrace/issues/1343)
-	filter-lto
-
-	local myconf=(
-		--libdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/uftrace"
-		$(use_with capstone)
-		$(use_with unwind libunwind)
-		$(use_with python libpython)
-	)
-	if use lua && use lua_single_target_luajit; then
-		myconf+=(
-			--with-libluajit
-		)
-	else
-		myconf+=(
-			--without-libluajit
-		)
-	fi
-	CC="$(tc-getCC)" LD="$(tc-getLD)" econf "${myconf[@]}"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake V=1
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-
-	dodoc doc/*.{md,gif,png}
-	newbashcomp misc/bash-completion.sh uftrace
-}