diff --git a/.portsignore b/.portsignore
index 4ea9aab6d94a..9515f69cf2d5 100644
--- a/.portsignore
+++ b/.portsignore
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ comms/linux-rl9-qt5-qtserialbus
 comms/linux-rl9-qt5-qtserialport
 comms/pear-Horde_ActiveSync
 comms/pear-Horde_SyncMl
+comms/py-sdm_modbus
 comms/qsstv
 comms/qt5-connectivity
 comms/qt5-sensors
diff --git a/comms/Makefile b/comms/Makefile
index 73bf31bb7c7a..be29630a1c08 100644
--- a/comms/Makefile
+++ b/comms/Makefile
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
     SUBDIR += py-pyocd-pemicro
     SUBDIR += py-pyserial
     SUBDIR += py-pyserial-asyncio
-    SUBDIR += py-sdm_modbus
     SUBDIR += py-spsdk
     SUBDIR += py-streamdeck
     SUBDIR += py-xmodem
diff --git a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/Makefile b/comms/py-sdm_modbus/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d476b43db218..000000000000
--- a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-PORTNAME=	sdm_modbus
-DISTVERSION=	0.6.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
-CATEGORIES=	comms python
-MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
-PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
-
-MAINTAINER=	kiwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Library for Eastron SDM single or three phase kWh meters
-WWW=		https://github.com/nmakel/sdm_modbus
-
-LICENSE=	MIT
-
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pymodbus>=2.0:comms/py-pymodbus@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
-
-NO_ARCH=	yes
-
-PORTDOCS=	*
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/distinfo b/comms/py-sdm_modbus/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 962af27e3065..000000000000
--- a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666525980
-SHA256 (sdm_modbus-0.6.1.tar.gz) = 3c3a36100ab54df8998ec788cc69904914137ba443094e827b219ba7ab0ea4dd
-SIZE (sdm_modbus-0.6.1.tar.gz) = 13928
diff --git a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/pkg-descr b/comms/py-sdm_modbus/pkg-descr
deleted file mode 100644
index 58243c121d0c..000000000000
--- a/comms/py-sdm_modbus/pkg-descr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Library that collects data from Eastron SDM single and three phase kWh
-meters over Modbus RTU or Modbus TCP.