diff --git a/.portsignore b/.portsignore
index 1460582ca069..e10666f74729 100644
--- a/.portsignore
+++ b/.portsignore
@@ -4812,6 +4812,7 @@ irc/quirc
 irc/ratbox-respond
 irc/riece
 irc/rubygem-cogbot
+irc/rubygem-lita-irc
 irc/rubygem-net-irc
 irc/scrollz
 irc/smartirc4net
diff --git a/irc/Makefile b/irc/Makefile
index f3b9c0e19ad6..b4aa9ec914e8 100644
--- a/irc/Makefile
+++ b/irc/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     SUBDIR += py-sopel
     SUBDIR += py-sopel-help
     SUBDIR += rubygem-cinch
-    SUBDIR += rubygem-lita-irc
     SUBDIR += simpleirc
     SUBDIR += soju
     SUBDIR += undernet-ircu
diff --git a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/Makefile b/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 29663f4b9ef2..000000000000
--- a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-PORTNAME=	lita-irc
-PORTVERSION=	2.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
-CATEGORIES=	irc rubygems
-MASTER_SITES=	RG
-
-MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	IRC adapter for the Lita chat robot
-WWW=		https://github.com/litaio/lita-irc
-
-LICENSE=	MIT
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
-
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-cinch>=2.0:irc/rubygem-cinch \
-		rubygem-lita>=4.0:net-im/rubygem-lita
-
-NO_ARCH=	yes
-USES=		gem
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/distinfo b/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 69c65222d730..000000000000
--- a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1496842510
-SHA256 (rubygem/lita-irc-2.2.0.gem) = 6e1f18a28f4f2469cc28128d5384232f7ddbfa41503fc83d6cf0100987e0436c
-SIZE (rubygem/lita-irc-2.2.0.gem) = 10752
diff --git a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/pkg-descr b/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/pkg-descr
deleted file mode 100644
index b3758ee86feb..000000000000
--- a/irc/rubygem-lita-irc/pkg-descr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-An IRC adapter for Lita.