diff --git a/net-dns/redis-knot/Manifest b/net-dns/redis-knot/Manifest
index 4f8ab2fb97eb..c1e94ae1640d 100644
--- a/net-dns/redis-knot/Manifest
+++ b/net-dns/redis-knot/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-DIST knot-3.5.0.tar.xz 1716348 BLAKE2B 681de5b8947de9d104e949ac99f15cacea7be36f3c1a03c0328aa2894222c920b37bc1123afd1705fb2430def912287cfe0c760e9e4862d430477a7da4fdf314 SHA512 740c8f2d92921e68de3e2e62b7c714bad7ca41884e59236df02e5935889cc4f2102d8693dda2b700e1bfafda71d8760ec4337cc80d42c493d37eef5d0516d1ad
-DIST knot-3.5.0.tar.xz.asc 833 BLAKE2B e183ed714215df6e18bdfe839a085e7be5a7a411097a8de6632eed3330a2d4f031bbbdac37345d9ed97f9eefba61dcb7996d6a7eeef6d5dc4260007cd4251903 SHA512 44675f89bcb6186bf96f8297ffc898bbb08b7a33470038797abee5b3eadc8e20c321e2bebb43ac7b2cb560beccbbf4dca5446b0964de89670cf63e0c7c910aff
 DIST knot-3.5.1.tar.xz 1676008 BLAKE2B aa6b9d173c7fc0ff7011691ac6178a8b24ae7482c9ccc87ee4b7cc1932d5fa678a367462098f2c2e28865aa5b37bc5ba1b787d8fc4d222cfd1aeb1da1452ebc8 SHA512 f4f42425fe20a0632489a6de642993515a7914b0392553dc8842e3ec2a4ab0c515dd3e11799c90a7f36e79d83fa92998aa6f03a5c6c527d1520c2cb6388fc9ba
 DIST knot-3.5.1.tar.xz.asc 833 BLAKE2B 02f6fe62cdff94c8f274a203ff3873b0d10abc52c8fb2817325ebfcf56e16b048db46c63874894e2922db3a7db3ecfb25155f54c0958d2095054aff50aff555f SHA512 740528e26e999bf4c12cc2995838f8d1bf0aaac68d3bc823f45090ed5f498bb3cb294b4c07fa0056dd8b7033a7502f800cbdf608276fbf40c79d566035aca8d3
 DIST knot-3.5.2.tar.xz 1710680 BLAKE2B 215b09a91f2ba21f23f996df2a1e6ea187f362bfb6dc80d5cd1b45cd84ebf4ccb77f90ff567e91dab36f02aae1a776efcc0aea2a54b830eb85039d0b39ff803f SHA512 4dd8e42088f792459859da807427024ded926c2a8fb5b9fd4596b631a184269e3d84f0cd4be9192f2546977c598c418f8d44cabccbc393f9f7cf2f0dd5adc595
diff --git a/net-dns/redis-knot/files/redis-knot-3.5.0-full_redis_opt.patch b/net-dns/redis-knot/files/redis-knot-3.5.0-full_redis_opt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 008fd4f1bca3..000000000000
--- a/net-dns/redis-knot/files/redis-knot-3.5.0-full_redis_opt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-PR merged
-https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns/-/merge_requests/1808.patch
-From bd5df719f331c5aa78fbd1ca1dadfe6dd727b94d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Nicolas PARLANT <nicolas.parlant@parhuet.fr>
-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:36:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Make redis fully optional
-
-Add options :
-*client (only) for a knot package
-*module (only) for a redis-knot package
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -261,21 +261,23 @@ AS_IF([test "$enable_reuseport" = yes],[
- 
- # Redis zone backend support
- AC_ARG_ENABLE([redis],
--   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-redis=auto|yes|no], [enable Redis support [default=auto]]),
-+   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-redis=auto|yes|client|module|no], [enable Redis support [default=auto]]),
-    [], [enable_redis=auto])
- 
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([hiredis], [hiredis], [have_hiredis=yes], [have_hiredis=no])
- 
- AS_CASE([$enable_redis],
--   [auto], [AS_IF([test "$have_hiredis" = "yes"], [enable_redis=yes], [enable_redis=no])],
--   [yes],  [AS_IF([test "$have_hiredis" = "yes"], [enable_redis=yes], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libhiredis not available])])],
-+   [auto],   [AS_IF([test "$have_hiredis" = "yes"], [enable_redis=yes], [enable_redis=no])],
-+   [yes],    [AS_IF([test "$have_hiredis" = "yes"], [enable_redis=yes], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libhiredis not available])])],
-+   [client], [AS_IF([test "$have_hiredis" = "yes"], [enable_redis=client], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libhiredis not available])])],
-+   [module], [AS_IF([test "$enable_shared" = "yes"], [enable_redis=module], [AC_MSG_ERROR([link mode has to be 'shared'])])],
-    [no], [],
-    [*], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value of --enable-redis.])]
- )
- AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_REDIS], [test "$enable_redis" != "no"])
--AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_REDIS_MODULE], [test "$enable_redis" != "no" && test "$enable_shared" = "yes"])
-+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_REDIS_MODULE], [test "$enable_redis" != "no" && test "$enable_redis" != "client" && test "$enable_shared" = "yes"])
- 
--AS_IF([test "$enable_redis" = yes],[
-+AS_IF([test "$enable_redis" = yes -o "$enable_redis" = client],[
-    AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_REDIS], [1], [Enable Redis support.])
-    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>
-                                      #if (HIREDIS_MAJOR < 1) || (HIREDIS_MAJOR == 1 && HIREDIS_MINOR < 1)
-@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$enable_redis" = yes],[
-                                      #endif]])],
-                   [AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_REDIS_TLS], [1], [Enable Redis TLS support.])],
-                   [enable_redis="yes (no TLS)"])
--   AS_IF([test "$enable_shared" = yes],[
-+   AS_IF([test "$enable_redis" = yes && test "$enable_shared" = yes],[
-       enable_redis="${enable_redis} module"
-    ])
- ])
-@@ -515,7 +517,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([lmdb], [lmdb >= 0.9.15], [], [
-   CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
-   LIBS="$save_LIBS"
- 
--  AS_IF([test "$have_lmdb" = "no"], [
-+  AS_IF([test "$have_lmdb" = "no" && test "$enable_redis" != "module"], [
-     AC_MSG_ERROR([lmdb library not found])
-   ])
- ])
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/net-dns/redis-knot/redis-knot-3.5.0.ebuild b/net-dns/redis-knot/redis-knot-3.5.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e38e01a67b48..000000000000
--- a/net-dns/redis-knot/redis-knot-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit autotools edo toolchain-funcs verify-sig
-
-MY_PN="knot"
-MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
-DESCRIPTION="Redis module for Knot DNS"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.knot-dns.cz/ https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://knot-dns.nic.cz/release/${MY_P}.tar.xz
-	verify-sig? ( https://knot-dns.nic.cz/release/${MY_P}.tar.xz.asc )
-"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-# no test, it requires a Redis instance and RLTest (not packaged)
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-build/libtool
-	verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-knot )
-"
-
-VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/${MY_PN}.asc
-
-PATCHES=(
-	# PR merged https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns/-/merge_requests/1808.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.5.0-full_redis_opt.patch
-	# https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns/-/merge_requests/1809.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-3.5.0-opt_gnutls.patch
-)
-
-# Used to check cpuset_t in sched.h with NetBSD.
-# False positive because linux have sched.h too but with cpu_set_t
-QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=( cpuset_create cpuset_destroy )
-
-# because configure.ac is patched
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	eautoconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf --disable-daemon --disable-modules --disable-utilities --disable-xdp --enable-redis=module
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	pushd src/redis || die
-
-	# mimic src/redis/Makefile.am
-	edo ${LIBTOOL:=libtool} --tag=CC --mode=compile $(tc-getCC) \
-		${CFLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden \
-		-I../../src -include ../../src/config.h \
-		-c -o knot_la-knot.lo knot.c
-
-	edo ${LIBTOOL:=libtool} --tag=CC --mode=link $(tc-getCC) \
-		-module -shared -avoid-version \
-		${LDFLAGS} \
-		-o knot.la \
-		-rpath "${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/knot/redis \
-		knot_la-knot.lo
-
-	popd || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	exeinto /usr/$(get_libdir)/knot/redis
-	doexe src/redis/.libs/knot.so
-}