diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tables/patches/numpy-2.0.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-tables/patches/numpy-2.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 58ad624c994975..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tables/patches/numpy-2.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur a/setup.py b/setup.py
---- a/setup.py	2024-07-31 09:34:03.585371800 -0400
-+++ b/setup.py	2024-07-31 09:35:01.472775930 -0400
-@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
-         # https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install.html#installation-order
-         # at this point we can be sure pip has already installed numpy
-         numpy_incl = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
--            "numpy", "core/include"
-+            "numpy", "_core/include"
-         )
- 
-         for ext in self.extensions:
-@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
- 
-     # -----------------------------------------------------------------
- 
--    def_macros = [("NDEBUG", 1)]
-+    def_macros = [("NDEBUG", 1), ("NPY_TARGET_VERSION", "NPY_1_20_API_VERSION"),]
-     # Define macros for Windows platform
-     if os.name == "nt":
-         def_macros.append(("WIN32", 1))
-diff -ur a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
---- a/src/utils.c	2024-07-31 09:34:03.588371821 -0400
-+++ b/src/utils.c	2024-07-31 09:36:08.648172551 -0400
-@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@
-     return float_id;
-   }
- 
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", HOFFSET(npy_complex64, real), float_id);
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", HOFFSET(npy_complex64, imag), float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", 0, float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", 4, float_id);
-   H5Tclose(float_id);
-   return complex_id;
- }
-@@ -792,8 +792,8 @@
-     return float_id;
-   }
- 
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", HOFFSET(npy_complex128, real), float_id);
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", HOFFSET(npy_complex128, imag), float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", 0, float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", 8, float_id);
-   H5Tclose(float_id);
-   return complex_id;
- }
-@@ -824,8 +824,8 @@
-     return err;
-   }
- 
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", HOFFSET(npy_complex192, real), float_id);
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", HOFFSET(npy_complex192, imag), float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", 0, float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", 12, float_id);
-   H5Tclose(float_id);
-   return complex_id;
- }
-@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@
-     return err;
-   }
- 
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", HOFFSET(npy_complex256, real), float_id);
--  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", HOFFSET(npy_complex256, imag), float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "r", 0, float_id);
-+  H5Tinsert(complex_id, "i", 16, float_id);
-   H5Tclose(float_id);
-   return complex_id;
- }
-diff -ur a/tables/atom.py b/tables/atom.py
---- a/tables/atom.py	2024-07-31 09:34:03.589371829 -0400
-+++ b/tables/atom.py	2024-07-31 09:36:43.663352202 -0400
-@@ -276,15 +276,15 @@
-             >>> atom1 = StringAtom(itemsize=10)  # same as ``atom2``
-             >>> atom2 = Atom.from_kind('string', 10)  # same as ``atom1``
-             >>> atom3 = IntAtom()
--            >>> atom1 == 'foo'
-+            >>> bool(atom1 == 'foo')
-             False
--            >>> atom1 == atom2
-+            >>> bool(atom1 == atom2)
-             True
--            >>> atom2 != atom1
-+            >>> bool(atom2 != atom1)
-             False
--            >>> atom1 == atom3
-+            >>> bool(atom1 == atom3)
-             False
--            >>> atom3 != atom2
-+            >>> bool(atom3 != atom2)
-             True
- 
-     """
-diff -ur a/tables/index.py b/tables/index.py
---- a/tables/index.py	2024-07-31 09:34:03.591371843 -0400
-+++ b/tables/index.py	2024-07-31 09:38:32.692911595 -0400
-@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@
-                 # Add a second offset in this case
-                 # First normalize the number of rows
-                 offset2 = (nrow % self.nslicesblock) * slicesize // lbucket
--                idx += offset2
-+		assert offset2 < 2**(indsize*8)
-+                idx += np.asarray(offset2).astype(idx.dtype)
-         # Add the last row at the beginning of arr & idx (if needed)
-         if (indsize == 8 and nelementsILR > 0):
-             # It is possible that the values in LR are already sorted.
-@@ -622,11 +623,11 @@
-             show_stats("Entering final_idx32", tref)
-         # Do an upcast first in order to add the offset.
-         idx = idx.astype('uint64')
--        idx += offset
-+        idx += np.asarray(offset).astype(idx.dtype)
-         # The next partition is valid up to table sizes of
-         # 2**30 * 2**18 = 2**48 bytes, that is, 256 Tera-elements,
-         # which should be a safe figure, at least for a while.
--        idx //= self.lbucket
-+        idx //= np.asarray(self.lbucket).astype(idx.dtype)
-         # After the division, we can downsize the indexes to 'uint32'
-         idx = idx.astype('uint32')
-         if profile:
-@@ -2002,7 +2003,7 @@
-                 else:
-                     self.indicesLR._read_index_slice(start, stop, idx)
-                 if indsize == 8:
--                    idx //= lbucket
-+                    idx //= np.asarray(lbucket).astype(idx.dtype)
-                 elif indsize == 2:
-                     # The chunkmap size cannot be never larger than 'int_'
-                     idx = idx.astype("int_")
-diff -ur a/tables/utils.py b/tables/utils.py
---- a/tables/utils.py	2024-07-31 09:34:03.606371947 -0400
-+++ b/tables/utils.py	2024-07-31 09:39:41.246261430 -0400
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
- # with atom from a generic python type.  If copy is stated as True, it
- # is assured that it will return a copy of the object and never the same
- # object or a new one sharing the same memory.
--def convert_to_np_atom(arr, atom, copy=False):
-+def convert_to_np_atom(arr, atom, copy=None):
-     """Convert a generic object into a NumPy object compliant with atom."""
- 
-     # First, convert the object into a NumPy array
-@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
- 
-     # Check whether the object needs to be copied to make the operation
-     # safe to in-place conversion.
--    copy = atom.type in ['time64']
-+    copy = True if atom.type in ['time64'] else None
-     nparr = convert_to_np_atom(object, atom, copy)
-     # Finally, check the byteorder and change it if needed
-     byteorder = byteorders[nparr.dtype.byteorder]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-tables/template b/srcpkgs/python3-tables/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 38c93292ea4bf8..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-tables/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'python3-tables'
-pkgname=python3-tables
-version=3.7.0
-revision=4
-build_style=python3-module
-build_helper=numpy
-# XXX: c-blosc (using internal for now)
-hostmakedepends="python3-wheel python3-Cython0.29 python3-packaging"
-makedepends="python3-devel hdf5-devel lzo-devel bzip2-devel"
-depends="python3-numpy python3-numexpr python3-packaging"
-checkdepends=$depends
-short_desc="Hierarchical datasets for Python3"
-maintainer="pulux <pulux@pf4sh.de>"
-license="BSD-3-Clause"
-homepage="http://www.pytables.org/"
-changelog="http://www.pytables.org/release_notes.html"
-distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/t/tables/tables-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e92a887ad6f2a983e564a69902de4a7645c30069fc01abd353ec5da255c5e1fe
-
-post_extract() {
-	# Make sure Cython is run during build
-	rm tables/*.c
-}
-
-do_check() {
-	python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
-	PYTHONPATH="$(cd build/lib* && pwd)" python3 -m tables.tests.test_all
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index db25e216b9efe8..551510c68c844c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ replaces="
  python3-snakeoil-devel<=0.8.8_4
  python3-sqlalchemy-migrate<=0.12.0_6
  python3-stormssh<=0.7.0_7
+ python3-tables<=3.7.0_4
  python3-txacme<=0.9.3_3
  python3-typed-ast<=1.5.4_3
  qimageblitz<=0.0.6_4