diff --git a/dev-libs/openssl-bad/openssl-bad-1.1.1c.ebuild b/dev-libs/openssl-bad/openssl-bad-1.1.1c.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index af020e70a..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/openssl-bad/openssl-bad-1.1.1c.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="We need this as a bad workaround for the following bug:"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/repology/repology-rules/issues/28"
-KEYWORDS=""
-SLOT="BAD"
diff --git a/dev-libs/openssl-chacha/openssl-chacha-1.1.1c.ebuild b/dev-libs/openssl-chacha/openssl-chacha-1.1.1c.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index af020e70a..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/openssl-chacha/openssl-chacha-1.1.1c.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="We need this as a bad workaround for the following bug:"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/repology/repology-rules/issues/28"
-KEYWORDS=""
-SLOT="BAD"
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
index 09c672d81..5d540d128 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.mask
@@ -98,9 +98,3 @@ sys-boot/grub-static
 #this package needs to be removed to upgrade
 #emerge -C 'dev-python/setuptools_scm'
 <dev-python/setuptools_scm-3
-
-#https://github.com/repology/repology-rules/issues/28
-#this is stupid but repology shows a long irrelevant list
-#and it is very inconvenient to scroll over it every day
-=dev-libs/openssl-bad-1.1.1*
-=dev-libs/openssl-chacha-1.1.1*