diff --git a/app-office/scribus/Manifest b/app-office/scribus/Manifest
index e70ec7995cc85..9e895ffcc646f 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/Manifest
+++ b/app-office/scribus/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST scribus-1.6.4.tar.xz 74761856 BLAKE2B 2fcccc479404b65b0333711a9bd44b5805e25385b23f82544fab749837ace0d0a2dd833c6221c083b8140440f844dc3ae58a41e62af99a455768ab43d3641698 SHA512 32ad85def7fa7ae39aaabb363a77f0e1cbc209d3c13caad059e5386a889ba36ba92fe3454e5867a8914bb392fce8c1a3429d78665bfb29e7e7cf7cc5f66c7d92
-DIST scribus-1.7.1_pre20250921.tar.xz 73318320 BLAKE2B 662cd8eba014b9d4c792498ab17bae13786f435c488a3964fad9c12d1296cd8138b77cc6f201bdc52b41de021e8343346dd75dae63bdf9ecc5661b1dc4bf3bc9 SHA512 7be70b2cdff370d3af6e82690203b5d673088553768499bc55f5f49fed386dcdb05d6f4cd67aff1851aac4f4176534136705931d692ebfe9ab34d893d26fbab6
 DIST scribus-1.7.1_pre20250929.tar.xz 73318868 BLAKE2B b6d6672ab0e9658f72f12b0601341239eb8e69b8123d6ee5bdf1fa934d4adb66e890d19f025809544e359029742dec60eb1fd88bba1e1ab69d6df321f96e39fc SHA512 deed0583d68a588442a3e9f00fbfa731007da502841403255e0398968bfc95eb6783cdb08c63add16013d79f51e94e7a927443cb45b10bd36a5ce4f540dbb7f9
diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.1_pre20250921.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.1_pre20250921.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index ab505d3c8bbf7..0000000000000
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.7.1_pre20250921.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="tk?"
-inherit cmake desktop flag-o-matic optfeature python-single-r1 xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Desktop publishing (DTP) and layout program"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.scribus.net/"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]] ; then
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus"
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	if [[ ${PV} == *_p* ]] ; then
-		SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~asturm/distfiles/${P}.tar.xz"
-		S="${WORKDIR}/${PN^}"
-	else
-		SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/${PN}/${PN}-devel/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
-		S="${WORKDIR}/${P}"
-	fi
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
-IUSE="+boost debug examples graphicsmagick +minimal osg +pdf scripts +templates tk"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
-	tk? ( scripts )"
-
-# osg
-# couple of third_party libs bundled
-DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	app-text/hunspell:=
-	app-text/libmspub
-	app-text/libqxp
-	app-text/poppler:=
-	dev-libs/hyphen
-	dev-libs/icu:0=
-	dev-libs/librevenge
-	dev-libs/libxml2:=
-	dev-qt/qt5compat:6
-	dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,opengl,X,xml,widgets]
-	dev-qt/qtsvg:6
-	media-libs/fontconfig
-	media-libs/freetype:2
-	media-libs/harfbuzz:0=[icu]
-	media-libs/lcms:2
-	media-libs/libcdr
-	media-libs/libfreehand
-	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:=
-	media-libs/libpagemaker
-	media-libs/libpng:0=
-	media-libs/libvisio
-	media-libs/libzmf
-	media-libs/tiff:=
-	net-print/cups
-	sys-libs/zlib[minizip]
-	x11-libs/cairo[X,svg(+)]
-	x11-libs/libxcb
-	boost? ( dev-libs/boost:= )
-	graphicsmagick? ( media-gfx/graphicsmagick:= )
-	osg? ( dev-games/openscenegraph:= )
-	pdf? ( app-text/podofo:0= )
-	scripts? (
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-			dev-python/pillow[tk?,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		')
-	)
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	app-text/ghostscript-gpl
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.5.8-cmake.patch # bug 886251
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.5.3-fpic.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.0-findhyphen.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.0-dont-install-qtadvanceddocking.patch # bugs 961290, 960017
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.7.0-fix-icon-version.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	cmake_src_prepare
-
-	# for safety remove files that we patched out
-	rm -r scribus/third_party/hyphen || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# bug #550818
-	append-cppflags -DHAVE_MEMRCHR
-
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DTAG_VERSION="-${SLOT}"
-		-DHAVE_PYTHON=ON
-		-DWANT_DISTROBUILD=ON
-		-DWANT_CPP17=ON
-		-DDOCDIR="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/
-		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-		-DWITH_BOOST=$(usex boost)
-		-DWANT_DEBUG=$(usex debug)
-		-DWANT_NOEXAMPLES=$(usex !examples)
-		-DWANT_GRAPHICSMAGICK=$(usex graphicsmagick)
-		-DWANT_HEADERINSTALL=$(usex !minimal)
-		-DWANT_NOOSG=$(usex !osg)
-		-DWITH_PODOFO=$(usex pdf)
-		-DWANT_NOTEMPLATES=$(usex !templates)
-	)
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-
-	if ! use tk; then
-		rm "${ED}"/usr/share/scribus-${SLOT}/scripts/{FontSample,CalendarWizard}.py || die
-	fi
-	if use scripts; then
-		python_fix_shebang "${ED}"/usr/share/scribus-${SLOT}/scripts
-		python_optimize "${ED}"/usr/share/scribus-${SLOT}/scripts
-	else
-		rm "${ED}"/usr/share/scribus-${SLOT}/scripts/*.py || die
-	fi
-
-	mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/{en,html} || die
-	ln -sf html "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/en || die
-
-	# These files are parsed to populate the help/about window.
-	cat >> "${T}"/COPYING <<- EOF || die
-	${PN} is licensed under the "${LICENSE}".
-	Please visit https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html for the complete license text.
-	EOF
-	dodoc "${T}"/COPYING
-	docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/en /usr/share/doc/${PF}/{AUTHORS,TRANSLATION,LINKS,COPYING}
-
-	local size
-	for size in 16 32 128 256 512; do
-		newicon -s $size resources/iconsets/artwork/icon_${size}x${size}.png scribus-${SLOT}.png
-	done
-	newicon -s 64 resources/iconsets/artwork/icon_32x32@2x.png scribus-${SLOT}.png
-	newicon resources/iconsets/1_7_0/scribus-icon.svg scribus-${SLOT}.png
-	newmenu scribus.desktop scribus-${SLOT}.desktop
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	xdg_pkg_postinst
-
-	optfeature "MS Word .doc file import filter support" app-text/antiword
-}