diff --git a/sys-apps/microcode-data/Manifest b/sys-apps/microcode-data/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bc6a3..0000000
--- a/sys-apps/microcode-data/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST microcode-20130808.tgz 717772 SHA256 d5dd1977992308d7e0244993cf5fbed54a396df2f8f1533c3dbb37b3530160a7 SHA512 680e78ebb9832ef4273d48da49742392eda72aa41b4e2e5c3636ac08b7c515c64dc844c41713a9ac3fbfaf42b4e2b6ef15f2737ad4a336ebfc0c0a6f9570e8ca WHIRLPOOL b8501b3890867b73c84fe288d45b0cfe066dc63f5b5add6b19e15101e35c0dba42fc545f6b3e3662b04897ec38b4adf9789b34f4bfae0deee4c19d219e3cb580
diff --git a/sys-apps/microcode-data/files/intel-microcode2ucode.c b/sys-apps/microcode-data/files/intel-microcode2ucode.c
deleted file mode 100644
index caad032..0000000
--- a/sys-apps/microcode-data/files/intel-microcode2ucode.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Convert Intel microcode.dat into individual ucode files
- * named: intel-ucode/$family-$model-$stepping
- *
- * The subdir intel-ucode/ is created in the current working
- * directory. We get multiple ucodes in the same file, so they
- * are appended to an existing file. Make sure the directory
- * is empty before every run of the converter.
- *
- * Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
- */
-
-
-#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
-# define _GNU_SOURCE 1
-#endif
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include <limits.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-struct microcode_header_intel {
-	unsigned int hdrver;
-	unsigned int rev;
-	unsigned int date;
-	unsigned int sig;
-	unsigned int cksum;
-	unsigned int ldrver;
-	unsigned int pf;
-	unsigned int datasize;
-	unsigned int totalsize;
-	unsigned int reserved[3];
-};
-
-union mcbuf {
-	struct microcode_header_intel hdr;
-	unsigned int i[0];
-	char c[0];
-};
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	char *filename = "/lib/firmware/microcode.dat";
-	FILE *f;
-	char line[LINE_MAX];
-	char buf[4000000];
-	union mcbuf *mc;
-	size_t bufsize, count, start;
-	int rc = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-
-	if (argv[1] != NULL)
-		filename = argv[1];
-
-	count = 0;
-	mc = (union mcbuf *) buf;
-	f = fopen(filename, "re");
-	if (f == NULL) {
-		printf("open %s: %m\n", filename);
-		rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f) != NULL) {
-		if (sscanf(line, "%x, %x, %x, %x",
-		    &mc->i[count],
-		    &mc->i[count + 1],
-		    &mc->i[count + 2],
-		    &mc->i[count + 3]) != 4)
-			continue;
-		count += 4;
-	}
-	fclose(f);
-
-	bufsize = count * sizeof(int);
-	printf("%s: %lu(%luk) bytes, %zu integers\n",
-	       filename,
-	       bufsize,
-	       bufsize / 1024,
-	       count);
-
-	if (bufsize < sizeof(struct microcode_header_intel))
-		goto out;
-
-	mkdir("intel-ucode", 0750);
-
-	start = 0;
-	for (;;) {
-		size_t size;
-		unsigned int family, model, stepping;
-		unsigned int year, month, day;
-
-		mc = (union mcbuf *) &buf[start];
-
-		if (mc->hdr.totalsize)
-			size = mc->hdr.totalsize;
-		else
-			size = 2000 + sizeof(struct microcode_header_intel);
-
-		if (mc->hdr.ldrver != 1 || mc->hdr.hdrver != 1) {
-			printf("unknown version/format:\n");
-			rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 *  0- 3 stepping
-		 *  4- 7 model
-		 *  8-11 family
-		 * 12-13 type
-		 * 16-19 extended model
-		 * 20-27 extended family
-		 */
-		family = (mc->hdr.sig >> 8) & 0xf;
-		if (family == 0xf)
-			family += (mc->hdr.sig >> 20) & 0xff;
-		model = (mc->hdr.sig >> 4) & 0x0f;
-		if (family == 0x06)
-			model += ((mc->hdr.sig >> 16) & 0x0f) << 4;
-		stepping = mc->hdr.sig & 0x0f;
-
-		year = mc->hdr.date & 0xffff;
-		month = mc->hdr.date >> 24;
-		day = (mc->hdr.date >> 16) & 0xff;
-
-		asprintf(&filename, "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x", family, model, stepping);
-		printf("\n");
-		printf("%s\n", filename);
-		printf("signature: 0x%02x\n", mc->hdr.sig);
-		printf("flags:     0x%02x\n", mc->hdr.pf);
-		printf("revision:  0x%02x\n", mc->hdr.rev);
-		printf("date:      %04x-%02x-%02x\n", year, month, day);
-		printf("size:      %zu\n", size);
-
-		f = fopen(filename, "ae");
-		if (f == NULL) {
-			printf("open %s: %m\n", filename);
-			rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (fwrite(mc, size, 1, f) != 1) {
-			printf("write %s: %m\n", filename);
-			rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		fclose(f);
-		free(filename);
-
-		start += size;
-		if (start >= bufsize)
-			break;
-	}
-	printf("\n");
-out:
-	return rc;
-}
diff --git a/sys-apps/microcode-data/microcode-data-20130808.ebuild b/sys-apps/microcode-data/microcode-data-20130808.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 223a20a..0000000
--- a/sys-apps/microcode-data/microcode-data-20130808.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: $Id$
-
-EAPI="5"
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs
-
-# Find updates by searching and clicking the first link (hopefully it's the one):
-# http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/search.html?keyword=Processor+Microcode+Data+File
-
-NUM="23082"
-DESCRIPTION="Intel IA32 microcode update data"
-HOMEPAGE="https://fedorahosted.org/microcode_ctl/ http://inertiawar.com/microcode/ https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=${NUM}"
-SRC_URI="http://downloadmirror.intel.com/${NUM}/eng/microcode-${PV}.tgz"
-
-LICENSE="intel-ucode"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-RDEPEND="!<sys-apps/microcode-ctl-1.17-r2" #268586
-
-S=${WORKDIR}
-
-src_unpack() {
-	default
-	cp "${FILESDIR}"/intel-microcode2ucode.c ./ || die
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	tc-env_build emake intel-microcode2ucode
-	./intel-microcode2ucode microcode.dat || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	insinto /lib/firmware
-	doins -r microcode.dat intel-ucode
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	elog "The microcode available for Intel CPUs has been updated.  You'll need"
-	elog "to reload the code into your processor.  If you're using the init.d:"
-	elog "/etc/init.d/microcode_ctl restart"
-}