diff --git a/.portsignore b/.portsignore
index c5eb443ced91..2d2d215c0dc0 100644
--- a/.portsignore
+++ b/.portsignore
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ astro/py-astropy
 astro/py-astropy-helpers
 astro/py-astropy-iers-data
 astro/py-ephem
+astro/py-extension-helpers
 astro/py-fitsio
 astro/py-horoscopegenerator
 astro/py-indiweb
diff --git a/astro/Makefile b/astro/Makefile
index 2f089b78df2a..4dbdee6d89d5 100644
--- a/astro/Makefile
+++ b/astro/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
     SUBDIR += cfitsio
     SUBDIR += geographiclib
     SUBDIR += gpsd
-    SUBDIR += py-extension-helpers
 
 .include <bsd.port.subdir.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile b/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 85ec971d442b..000000000000
--- a/astro/py-extension-helpers/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-PORTNAME=	extension-helpers
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.0
-CATEGORIES=	astro
-MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
-PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
-DISTNAME=	extension_helpers-${DISTVERSION}
-
-MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Building and installing packages in the Astropy ecosystem
-WWW=		https://extension-helpers.readthedocs.io/
-
-LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.rst
-
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
-
-NO_ARCH=	yes
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo b/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index b1a58c408599..000000000000
--- a/astro/py-extension-helpers/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736409916
-SHA256 (extension_helpers-1.2.0.tar.gz) = e7d9c8f71804edd7ecd05b5d59a5b504f6e24867970abfc12771242eed76ebcc
-SIZE (extension_helpers-1.2.0.tar.gz) = 29877
diff --git a/astro/py-extension-helpers/pkg-descr b/astro/py-extension-helpers/pkg-descr
deleted file mode 100644
index d37c0815bb75..000000000000
--- a/astro/py-extension-helpers/pkg-descr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The extension-helpers package includes convenience helpers to assist
-with building Python packages with compiled C/Cython extensions. It
-is developed by the Astropy project but is intended to be general
-and usable by any Python package.