diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pasha.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pasha.py
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index 9634aad21f..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pasha.py
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-##
-# 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 building and installing Pasha, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Jens Timmerman (Ghent University)
-"""
-
-import shutil
-import os
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root
-
-
-class EB_Pasha(ConfigureMake):
-    """Support for building and installing Pasha"""
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Configure Pasha by setting make options."""
-
-        tbb = get_software_root('TBB')
-        if not tbb:
-            raise EasyBuildError("TBB module not loaded.")
-
-        self.cfg.update('buildopts', "TBB_DIR=%s/tbb MPI_DIR='' MPI_INC='' " % tbb)
-        self.cfg.update('buildopts', 'MPI_CXX="%s"' % os.getenv('MPICXX'))
-        self.cfg.update('buildopts', 'OPM_FLAG="%s"' % self.toolchain.get_flag('openmp'))
-        self.cfg.update('buildopts', 'MPI_LIB="" MY_CXX="%s" MPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK=1' % os.getenv('CXX'))
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """Install by copying everything from 'bin' subdir in build dir to install dir"""
-
-        srcdir = os.path.join(self.builddir, "%s-%s" % (self.name, self.version), 'bin')
-        shutil.copytree(srcdir, os.path.join(self.installdir, 'bin'))
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for Pasha"""
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ["bin/pasha-%s" % x for x in ["kmergen", "pregraph", "graph"]],
-            'dirs': [],
-        }
-
-        super(EB_Pasha, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdmpi.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdmpi.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c7310d29f..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdmpi.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Copyright 2015-2024 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 building and installing pbdMPI, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Ewan Higgs (Ghent University)
-@author: Peter Maxwell (University of Auckland)
-"""
-
-import easybuild.tools.toolchain as toolchain
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.rpackage import RPackage
-
-
-class EB_pbdMPI(RPackage):
-    """Support for building/installing pbdMPI."""
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Configure Step of build process for pbdMPI."""
-        mpi_types = {
-            toolchain.INTELMPI: 'INTELMPI',
-            toolchain.MPI_TYPE_MPICH: 'MPICH',
-            toolchain.MPI_TYPE_OPENMPI: 'OPENMPI',
-        }
-        mpi_type = mpi_types[self.toolchain.mpi_family()]
-        self.configureargs.extend([
-            "--with-mpi-include=%s" % self.toolchain.get_variable('MPI_INC_DIR'),
-            "--with-mpi-libpath=%s" % self.toolchain.get_variable('MPI_LIB_DIR'),
-            "--with-mpi=%s" % self.toolchain.get_software_root(self.toolchain.MPI_MODULE_NAME)[0],
-            "--with-mpi-type=%s" % mpi_type,
-        ])
-
-        super(EB_pbdMPI, self).configure_step()
-
-    def install_extension(self):
-        """Configure before installing pbdMPI as an extension."""
-        self.configure_step()
-        super(EB_pbdMPI, self).install_extension()
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdslap.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdslap.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1337c02f60..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pbdslap.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Copyright 2015-2024 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 building and installing pbdSLAP, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Ewan Higgs (Ghent University)
-"""
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.rpackage import RPackage
-
-
-class EB_pbdSLAP(RPackage):
-    """Support for building/installing pbdSLAP."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Initialisation of custom class variables for pbdSLAP."""
-        super(EB_pbdSLAP, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.configurevars.append("EXT_LDFLAGS='$LIBSCALAPACK'")
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/picard.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/picard.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 15481fd40e..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/picard.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +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/>.
-##
-"""
-Support for building and installing picard, implemented as an easyblock.
-
-@author: Stijn De Weirdt (Ghent University)
-@author: Dries Verdegem (Ghent University)
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-@author: Pieter De Baets (Ghent University)
-@author: Jens Timmerman (Ghent University)
-"""
-
-import os
-import re
-import shutil
-from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.tarball import Tarball
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-
-
-class EB_picard(Tarball):
-    """Support for building and installing picard."""
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """Install picard by copying required files"""
-        # recent version may contain more than just the picard-tools subdirectory
-        picard_tools_dir = 'picard-tools-%s' % self.version
-        if not re.search("%s/?$" % picard_tools_dir, self.cfg['start_dir']):
-            self.cfg['start_dir'] = os.path.join(self.cfg['start_dir'], picard_tools_dir)
-            if not os.path.exists(self.cfg['start_dir']):
-                raise EasyBuildError("Path %s to copy files from doesn't exist.", self.cfg['start_dir'])
-
-        for jar in os.listdir(self.cfg['start_dir']):
-            src = os.path.join(self.cfg['start_dir'], jar)
-            dst = os.path.join(self.installdir, jar)
-            try:
-                shutil.copy2(src, dst)
-                self.log.info("Successfully copied %s to %s" % (src, dst))
-            except OSError as err:
-                raise EasyBuildError("Failed to copy %s to %s (%s)", src, dst, err)
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for picard"""
-        # All versions prior to 1.124 have this jar file
-        if LooseVersion(self.version) < LooseVersion('1.124'):
-            jar_files = ['picard-%s' % self.version]
-        else:
-            # Starting with v1.124 a major structural change was made to picard
-            # All versions >= 1.124 now only have these jar files
-            jar_files = [
-                'htsjdk-%s' % self.version,
-                'picard',
-                'picard-lib'
-            ]
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ["%s.jar" % x for x in jar_files],
-            'dirs': [],
-        }
-
-        super(EB_picard, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)
-
-    def make_module_extra(self):
-        """Add module entries specific to picard"""
-        txt = super(EB_picard, self).make_module_extra()
-        txt += self.module_generator.prepend_paths('PATH', '')
-        return txt
diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pyquante.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pyquante.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b48ccf2218..0000000000
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/p/pyquante.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +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 PyQuante, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Ward Poelmans (Ghent University)
-"""
-
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.pythonpackage import PythonPackage
-from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root
-
-
-class EB_PyQuante(PythonPackage):
-    """Support for installing the PyQuante Python package."""
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Check for Libint and use it if present"""
-
-        root_libint = get_software_root("Libint")
-        if root_libint:
-            self.log.info("Building Libint extension")
-            self.cfg.update('installopts', "--enable-libint")
-        else:
-            self.log.warning("Not building Libint extension")
-
-        super(EB_PyQuante, self).configure_step()