diff --git a/sci-astronomy/kstars/Manifest b/sci-astronomy/kstars/Manifest
index d9083a2256a2c..84d46f79303cb 100644
--- a/sci-astronomy/kstars/Manifest
+++ b/sci-astronomy/kstars/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST kstars-3.8.2.tar.xz 52049284 BLAKE2B a0d5bf5f48ba4664bc933162322dfcc55149c33da621ac31cd87e5160fd7bbd3b2b68c48526d82d018240fe6b881f891f1299399a3d54df335f43a79e71dac90 SHA512 81f468d779055f7a38b4d6e204f0e51663a845197d7ab31a2e7343c8885494398628da2627794082e107d4472a4370a9447956beaddbbbb7055fc67cb9bd56a3
 DIST kstars-3.8.3.tar.xz 52218240 BLAKE2B 21c0c810db8298868539119b368eae38855820254d5888380190f5e0d036eb08ed34fce64207cf5977850852585413d1c84994a8c75edf7c66c19c188fd3e160 SHA512 c42e544adcc8ebd5e64844c34a233cad0de7e982018a1e7c3529fa63c50602eeae345b69bbb21f0e7a4fb3b6c75cf74bcb3d3672618d83193c6c47e2f2dee300
diff --git a/sci-astronomy/kstars/kstars-3.8.2.ebuild b/sci-astronomy/kstars/kstars-3.8.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cee6ace96743..0000000000000
--- a/sci-astronomy/kstars/kstars-3.8.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-ECM_TEST="true"
-KFMIN=6.9.0
-QTMIN=6.8.1
-inherit ecm kde.org optfeature xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Desktop Planetarium"
-HOMEPAGE="https://apps.kde.org/kstars/ https://kstars.kde.org/"
-
-if [[ ${KDE_BUILD_TYPE} = release ]]; then
-	SRC_URI="mirror://kde/stable/${PN}/${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
-	KEYWORDS="amd64"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ GPL-3+"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+password raw"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-# currently broken w/ KF6, https://invent.kde.org/education/kstars/-/issues/294
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-# https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Qt/Qt6_migration_notes#Still_unpackaged
-# >=dev-qt/qtdatavis3d-${QTMIN}:6
-COMMON_DEPEND="
-	dev-cpp/eigen:=
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,network,sql,widgets]
-	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
-	>=dev-qt/qtsvg-${QTMIN}:6
-	>=dev-qt/qtwebsockets-${QTMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kconfigwidgets-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/knewstuff-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/knotifications-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/knotifyconfig-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kplotting-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kwidgetsaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kxmlgui-${KFMIN}:6
-	media-libs/opencv:=[ffmpeg]
-	sci-astronomy/wcslib:=
-	sci-libs/cfitsio:=
-	sci-libs/gsl:=
-	>=sci-libs/indilib-2.0.2
-	sci-libs/libnova:=
-	>=sci-libs/stellarsolver-2.7
-	virtual/zlib:=
-	password? ( >=dev-libs/qtkeychain-0.14.2:=[qt6(+)] )
-	raw? ( media-libs/libraw:= )
-"
-# TODO: what about virtual/opengl?
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[concurrent]
-	test? ( sci-astronomy/erfa )
-"
-RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	!${CATEGORY}/${PN}:5
-	>=dev-qt/qt5compat-${QTMIN}:6[qml]
-	>=dev-qt/qtpositioning-${QTMIN}:6
-"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# bug 842768, test declared unstable by upstream
-	TestKSPaths
-	# bugs 923871, 939788
-	TestPlaceholderPath # ki18n (KLocalizedString) failure
-	# all fail with offscreen plugin
-	TestEkos{Capture,FilterWheel,Focus,Mount,Scheduler{,Ops},Simulator}
-)
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.8.1-cmake.patch # bug 895892, downstream patch
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_PYKSTARS=OFF
-		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibXISF=ON # not packaged
-		-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Qt6DataVisualization=ON # not packaged
-		-DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON # KF6 please
-		-DENABLE_SENTRY=OFF
-		$(cmake_use_find_package password Qt6Keychain)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package raw LibRaw)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	LC_NUMERIC="C" LC_TIME="C" TZ=UTC ecm_src_test
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-		optfeature "Display 'current' pictures of planets" x11-misc/xplanet
-	fi
-	xdg_pkg_postinst
-}