diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/scalasca1.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/s/scalasca1.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 641deb4ee7..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/scalasca1.py
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@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Copyright 2013-2024 Ghent University
-#
-# This file is part of EasyBuild,
-# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
-# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
-# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
-# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
-# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
-#
-# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation v2.
-#
-# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for Scalasca v1.x, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-@author: Bernd Mohr (Juelich Supercomputing Centre)
-"""
-import os
-from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
-
-import easybuild.tools.toolchain as toolchain
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root
-
-
-class EB_Scalasca1(ConfigureMake):
-    """Support for building and installing Scalasca v1.x."""
-
-    def check_readiness_step(self):
-        """Make sure this easyblock is applicable to the Scalasca version being built."""
-        ver = LooseVersion(self.version)
-        if ver >= LooseVersion('2.0') or ver < LooseVersion('1.0'):
-            raise EasyBuildError("The %s easyblock should only be used for Scalasca v1.x; "
-                                 "for Scalasca v2.0 and more recent, try the EB_Score_minus_P easyblock.",
-                                 self.__class__.__name__)
-
-        super(EB_Scalasca1, self).check_readiness_step()
-
-    def configure_step(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Configure Scalasca build, set configure options for compiler, MPI and dependencies."""
-        # compiler and MPI suite should always be specified -- MUCH quicker and SAFER than autodetect
-        # --compiler=(gnu|pgi|intel|path|ibm|sun|clang)
-        # --mpi=(mpich|mpich2|mpich3|lam|openmpi|intel|intel2|hp|scali|mpibull2|bullxmpi|sun|ibmpoe|intelpoe)
-        comp_opts = {
-            toolchain.GCC: 'gnu',
-            toolchain.INTELCOMP: 'intel',
-        }
-        comp_fam = self.toolchain.comp_family()
-        if comp_fam in comp_opts:
-            self.cfg.update('configopts', "--compiler=%s" % comp_opts[comp_fam])
-        else:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Compiler family %s not supported yet (only: %s)",
-                                 comp_fam, ', '.join(comp_opts.keys()))
-
-        mpi_opts = {
-            toolchain.INTELMPI: 'intel2',  # intel: Intel MPI v1.x (ancient)
-            toolchain.OPENMPI: 'openmpi',
-            toolchain.MPICH: 'mpich3',  # In EB terms, MPICH means MPICH 3.x; MPICH 1.x is ancient and unsupported
-            toolchain.MPICH2: 'mpich2',
-        }
-        mpi_fam = self.toolchain.mpi_family()
-        if mpi_fam in mpi_opts:
-            self.cfg.update('configopts', "--mpi=%s --enable-all-mpi-wrappers" % mpi_opts[mpi_fam])
-        else:
-            raise EasyBuildError("MPI family %s not supported yet (only: %s)", mpi_fam, ', '.join(mpi_opts.keys()))
-
-        # auto-detection for dependencies mostly works fine, but hard specify paths anyway to have full control
-        deps = {
-            'binutils': ['--with-binutils=%s'],
-            'OTF': ['--with-otf=%s'],
-            'OPARI2': ['--with-opari2=%s'],
-            'PAPI': ['--with-papi=%s'],
-            'PDT': ['--with-pdt=%s'],
-        }
-        for (dep_name, dep_opts) in deps.items():
-            dep_root = get_software_root(dep_name)
-            if dep_root:
-                for dep_opt in dep_opts:
-                    self.cfg.update('configopts', dep_opt % dep_root)
-        if get_software_root('Cube'):
-            self.cfg.update('configopts', '--disable-gui')
-
-        super(EB_Scalasca1, self).configure_step(*args, **kwargs)
-
-    def build_step(self):
-        """Build Scalasca using make, after stepping into the build dir."""
-        build_dir_found = False
-        try:
-            for entry in os.listdir(os.getcwd()):
-                if entry.startswith('build-linux-') and os.path.isdir(entry):
-                    os.chdir(entry)
-                    build_dir_found = True
-                    self.log.info("Stepped into build dir %s" % entry)
-        except OSError as err:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Failed to step into build dir before starting actual build: %s", err)
-        if not build_dir_found:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Could not find build dir to step into.")
-        super(EB_Scalasca1, self).build_step()
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/shrimp.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/s/shrimp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c28875e35..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/shrimp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Copyright 2009-2024 Ghent University
-#
-# This file is part of EasyBuild,
-# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
-# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
-# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
-# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
-# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
-#
-# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation v2.
-#
-# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for SHRiMP, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-"""
-import glob
-import os
-import shutil
-
-import easybuild.tools.environment as env
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-
-
-class EB_SHRiMP(ConfigureMake):
-    """Support for building SHRiMP."""
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Add openmp compilation flag to CXX_FLAGS."""
-
-        cxxflags = os.getenv('CXXFLAGS')
-
-        env.setvar('CXXFLAGS', "%s %s" % (cxxflags, self.toolchain.get_flag('openmp')))
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """Install SHRiMP by copying files to install dir, and fix permissions."""
-
-        try:
-            for d in ["bin", "utils"]:
-                shutil.copytree(d, os.path.join(self.installdir, d))
-
-            cwd = os.getcwd()
-
-            os.chdir(os.path.join(self.installdir, 'utils'))
-            for f in glob.glob("*.py"):
-                self.log.info("Fixing permissions of %s in utils" % f)
-                os.chmod(f, 0o755)
-
-            os.chdir(cwd)
-
-        except OSError as err:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Failed to copy files to install dir: %s", err)
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for SHRiMP."""
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ['fasta2fastq', 'gmapper', 'mergesam',
-                                             'prettyprint', 'probcalc', 'probcalc_mp',
-                                             'shrimp2sam', 'shrimp_var']],
-            'dirs': ['utils'],
-        }
-
-        super(EB_SHRiMP, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)
-
-    def make_module_req_guess(self):
-        """Add both 'bin' and 'utils' directories to PATH."""
-
-        guesses = super(EB_SHRiMP, self).make_module_req_guess()
-
-        guesses.update({'PATH': ['bin', 'utils']})
-
-        return guesses
-
-    def make_module_extra(self):
-        """Set SHRIMP_FOLDER environment variable in module."""
-
-        txt = super(EB_SHRiMP, self).make_module_extra()
-
-        txt += self.module_generator.set_environment('SHRIMP_FOLDER', self.installdir)
-
-        return txt
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/soapdenovo.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/s/soapdenovo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 79c9176c37..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/s/soapdenovo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-##
-# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2024 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
-# Authors::   Cedric Laczny <cedric.laczny@uni.lu>, Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>, Kenneth Hoste
-# License::   MIT/GPL
-# $Id$
-#
-# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
-# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/HPCBIOS_2012-94.html
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for building SOAPdenovo, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Cedric Laczny (Uni.Lu)
-@author: Fotis Georgatos (Uni.Lu)
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-"""
-import os
-import shutil
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-
-
-class EB_SOAPdenovo(ConfigureMake):
-    """
-    Support for building SOAPdenovo.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Define lists of files to install."""
-        super(EB_SOAPdenovo, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.bin_suffixes = ["31mer", "63mer", "127mer"]
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """
-            Skip the configure as not part of this build process
-        """
-        pass
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """
-        Install by copying files to install dir
-        """
-        srcdir = self.cfg['start_dir']
-        destdir = os.path.join(self.installdir, 'bin')
-        srcfile = None
-        try:
-            os.makedirs(destdir)
-            for suff in self.bin_suffixes:
-                srcfile = os.path.join(srcdir, "bin", "SOAPdenovo-%s" % suff)
-                shutil.copy2(srcfile, destdir)
-        except OSError as err:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Copying %s to installation dir %s failed: %s", srcfile, destdir, err)
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for SOAPdenovo."""
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ['bin/SOAPdenovo-%s' % x for x in self.bin_suffixes],
-            'dirs': []
-        }
-
-        super(EB_SOAPdenovo, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/u/ufc.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/u/ufc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cbf087b08a..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/u/ufc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Copyright 2012-2024 Ghent University
-#
-# This file is part of EasyBuild,
-# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
-# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
-# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
-# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
-# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
-#
-# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation v2.
-#
-# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for UFC, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-"""
-from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.cmakepythonpackage import CMakePythonPackage
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root, get_software_version
-from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_shared_lib_ext
-
-
-class EB_UFC(CMakePythonPackage):
-    """Support for building UFC."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Custom initialization for UFC: set correct module name."""
-        super(EB_UFC, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        self.options.update({'modulename': 'ufc_utils'})
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Set some extra environment variables before configuring."""
-        shlib_ext = get_shared_lib_ext()
-
-        # make sure that required dependencies are loaded
-        deps = ['Boost', 'Python', 'SWIG']
-        depsdict = {}
-        for dep in deps:
-            deproot = get_software_root(dep)
-            if not deproot:
-                raise EasyBuildError("%s module not loaded?", dep)
-            else:
-                depsdict.update({dep: deproot})
-
-        # SWIG version more recent than 2.0.4 have a regression
-        # which causes problems with e.g. DOLFIN if UFC was built with it
-        # fixed in 2.0.7? see https://bugs.launchpad.net/dolfin/+bug/996398
-        if LooseVersion(get_software_version('SWIG')) > '2.0.4':
-            raise EasyBuildError("Using bad version of SWIG, expecting swig <= 2.0.4. "
-                                 "See https://bugs.launchpad.net/dolfin/+bug/996398")
-
-        self.pyver = ".".join(get_software_version('Python').split(".")[:-1])
-
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', "-DBoost_DIR=%s" % depsdict['Boost'])
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', "-DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=%s/include" % depsdict['Boost'])
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', "-DBoost_DEBUG=ON -DBOOST_ROOT=%s" % depsdict['Boost'])
-
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', '-DUFC_ENABLE_PYTHON:BOOL=ON')
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', '-DSWIG_FOUND:BOOL=ON')
-        python = depsdict['Python']
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', '-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=%s/lib/libpython%s.%s' % (python, self.pyver, shlib_ext))
-        self.cfg.update('configopts', '-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH=%s/include/python%s' % (python, self.pyver))
-
-        super(EB_UFC, self).configure_step()
-
-    def test_step(self):
-        """No test suite available for UFC."""
-        # PythonPackage defines 'runtest' as 'True' by default, but ConfigureMake.test_step expects string value
-        # no test suite available anyway for UFC, so just pass through
-        pass
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for UFC."""
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ['include/ufc.h'],
-            'dirs': ['lib/python%s/site-packages/%s/' % (self.pyver, x) for x in ['ufc', 'ufc_utils']],
-        }
-        super(EB_UFC, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)