diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest b/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
index 5919d58c68284..06723e6350fbc 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kate-lib/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST kate-25.12.3.tar.xz 8561744 BLAKE2B fb3fcac7db2907bc6dd1c122c5bf99a6b3ea976e6eb228e5cd566295f8b4af957b5baf4f5dd9ffae6b06af6bcd3640758f069ccfa37b68b0d7de43c45b549a68 SHA512 249a5cd4e50151b0c725e67efe74fdff7318ca5af969509492e852e5ce29fd66499d2fead75237c562b250e4123b22c1f89a512460bc6a7a0b859f5e74ab5410
 DIST kate-26.04.1.tar.xz 8611372 BLAKE2B 75788a86ce1af23c43b3026114829e7782ded370e400f4af3cbb3e0c6bb9d7f3e244d14da35649743b0c746bdfeeb441faf109fdf4baa14179f4fd0a727c72d2 SHA512 926469c16d64845df93705a8033ae7086a2e8131a7290b4787e12d092d5261c5b2e2c094ccfc6e830025d14ffe3d291500f636a8a6d839f9b73b4f4c1f0f76b7
 DIST kate-26.04.2.tar.xz 8611248 BLAKE2B 555f8173cc1708e416345e33341ac931f263119a159748f4c4a54f66eb13fde90760118877c6cede8cb6be71f39e488e79fde7ea311c17d427500a3521e671aa SHA512 d79258a0cc338a9dfab452bec56f993eb8cf472b733fbfd6d5c8c47d5174069e6bd94799bb1c615b5cc70e37ae9846445f8db41b3957209e179ecf20351d810b
diff --git a/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.3.ebuild b/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ec7fef7beb607..0000000000000
--- a/kde-apps/kate-lib/kate-lib-25.12.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-KDE_ORG_CATEGORY="utilities"
-KDE_ORG_NAME="kate"
-ECM_TEST="true"
-KFMIN=6.19.0
-QTMIN=6.10.1
-inherit ecm gear.kde.org
-
-DESCRIPTION="Shared library used by Kate/Kwrite and Kate-Addons"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kate-editor.org/ https://apps.kde.org/kate/"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2 LGPL-2+ MIT"
-SLOT="6"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="telemetry"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets,xml]
-	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kiconthemes-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kjobwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kparts-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kservice-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ktexteditor-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ktextwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/syntax-highlighting-${KFMIN}:6
-	telemetry? ( >=kde-frameworks/kuserfeedback-${KFMIN}:6 )
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	>=kde-apps/kate-common-${PV}
-"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	{session_manager,sessions_action}_test # tests hang
-)
-# bug #967516: weird interaction w/ git: only works from git repo
-[[ ${KDE_BUILD_TYPE} != live ]] && CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	kateapp-file_history_tests
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	ecm_src_prepare
-	ecm_punt_po_install
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_addons=FALSE
-		-DBUILD_kate=FALSE
-		-DBUILD_kwrite=FALSE
-		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_KF6DocTools=ON
-		$(cmake_use_find_package telemetry KF6UserFeedback)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}