diff --git a/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/Manifest b/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/Manifest
index 887b5a7b6323a..cd9a063e9bd5f 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/Manifest
+++ b/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 DIST qtwebsockets-5.15.16-gentoo-kde-1.tar.xz 1512 BLAKE2B 2d12fa2f79412974c1397af4bf93e65a5ad7688e5f0b3bbc4fbfac645b7f646642a3d2ff48451ff607cdce36f3b301fdc97a951afd92673e88cc06a200fadf1f SHA512 4fe5ff5fa4850f527e553e741b65d7028ad121464030c61e6eae0f8267d735c88686bb781b00d2309619147dbc8465cf3d16e4b672c157a50a145f9d4a56326f
 DIST qtwebsockets-everywhere-opensource-src-5.15.16.tar.xz 253084 BLAKE2B a90fa9950793b5f6d8d792328b105f8085c3a47abaef256f6b8a4c101eb6bd6d7b687d49390c4c009ff03ba4d493abc8cc6433df92dd47865e48606e19c9b8fd SHA512 9bb15c9277f96acee0d5a49e961483706c0d6c709c587400c402b7864fe2635cf688222448bdabd5ef53568e6d8c1c32e54a9410301eede0507b975989f30b2b
-DIST qtwebsockets-everywhere-src-6.8.1.tar.xz 460488 BLAKE2B a8c8c755e3698dea4eeb519c86e2814f64e7325b3b945e37289161a1f5f2986e7dbd28a6c06b7db7d00f47a9302cc3a4368a373231dff564b0398a96cf1aefcb SHA512 27b8c8a256f4319bd1f9a78efb4a5109d8677aa285c361787f0499930ea1813d44d56538ec3f1887b83ec4c4a717684efaba59ac9db88f86ee74e79d3d81c6e2
 DIST qtwebsockets-everywhere-src-6.8.2.tar.xz 460372 BLAKE2B ad0c3b47593bea31d655e066f0881915aabd2489f87649bc24949f763b09c6cb636f538f73e0c08705ca13e534266e8c72a51652023d0b5bae832228983444cf SHA512 e8b4c05513537655d20c346f4e330a8dbb3509623be7c571f28aa5105e7475892458140a187dc63e9ef566eb460cc4252ffa752694fca3bc0fe7ee31b840969d
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/qtwebsockets-6.8.1.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/qtwebsockets-6.8.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index af33451a25820..0000000000000
--- a/dev-qt/qtwebsockets/qtwebsockets-6.8.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit qt6-build
-
-DESCRIPTION="Implementation of the WebSocket protocol for the Qt6 framework"
-
-if [[ ${QT6_BUILD_TYPE} == release ]]; then
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-fi
-
-IUSE="qml +ssl"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	~dev-qt/qtbase-${PV}:6[network,ssl=]
-	qml? ( ~dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${PV}:6 )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package qml Qt6Quick)
-	)
-
-	qt6-build_src_configure
-}