diff --git a/media-libs/libv4l/Manifest b/media-libs/libv4l/Manifest
index 5da1a8500fba..31ce0aba937c 100644
--- a/media-libs/libv4l/Manifest
+++ b/media-libs/libv4l/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST v4l-utils-1.28.1.tar.xz 1246516 BLAKE2B a68728ab6802754cd766453375e212624ee731a7fc9b0d0da6a4c62ce19e75968c5bdbefa33d2977d439a23f36f5c8ff83efc44dae65eed206a31ef19ea57363 SHA512 6493c97f59af5fe0ffa4bb815ebac4531f5ea2b0612c2035c7f00a888ce686ee0aeeaef982553ff9ad6441c39dac63e6c718b1bedb0541cb2ce2e3c2f91ab12f
 DIST v4l-utils-1.30.1.tar.xz 1381748 BLAKE2B f8341b77ca132dda8ed410643ae0afc32417aa59d5e7b8c756972354e8d314c53ed1585f784a970c855de6464e8f3c9652efede4a48b6f252808c55198f27976 SHA512 b34ff9a233da9cb5a569cb5a6fcee288216277eb6f2f6e83c75e717422c1440f58da5e4f4c557b95a11f7650bbacc603c79edaa7451c277398aebf9c232761b3
diff --git a/media-libs/libv4l/libv4l-1.28.1.ebuild b/media-libs/libv4l/libv4l-1.28.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index d9954f4017f7..000000000000
--- a/media-libs/libv4l/libv4l-1.28.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit eapi9-ver linux-info meson-multilib systemd udev xdg
-
-MY_P="v4l-utils-${PV}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="v4l-utils libraries and optional utilities"
-HOMEPAGE="https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git"
-SRC_URI="https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
-SLOT="0/0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="bpf doc dvb jpeg qt6 tracer +utils"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	bpf? ( utils )
-	qt6? ( utils )
-	tracer? ( utils )
-"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dvb? ( virtual/libudev[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	jpeg? ( media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
-	utils? (
-		!elibc_glibc? ( sys-libs/argp-standalone )
-		bpf? (
-			dev-libs/libbpf:=
-			virtual/libelf:=
-		)
-		qt6? (
-			dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,opengl,widgets,-gles2-only]
-			dev-qt/qt5compat:6
-			media-libs/alsa-lib
-			virtual/opengl
-		)
-		tracer? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
-		virtual/libudev
-	)
-	!<media-tv/v4l-utils-1.26
-"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-devel/gettext
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	bpf? ( llvm-core/clang:*[llvm_targets_BPF] )
-	doc? ( app-text/doxygen )
-	utils? (
-		dev-lang/perl
-		qt6? ( dev-qt/qtbase:6 )
-	)
-"
-
-# Not really prebuilt but BPF objects make our QA checks go crazy.
-QA_PREBUILT="*/rc_keymaps/protocols/*.o"
-
-check_llvm() {
-	if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use bpf; then
-		local clang=${ac_cv_prog_CLANG:-${CLANG:-clang}}
-		${clang} -target bpf -print-supported-cpus &>/dev/null ||
-			die "${clang} does not support the BPF target. Please check LLVM_TARGETS."
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_pretend() {
-	has_version -b llvm-core/clang && check_llvm
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	check_llvm
-	CONFIG_CHECK="~SHMEM" linux-info_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	use qt6 || sed -i "/^dep_qt6/s/'qt6/&DiSaBlEd/" meson.build || die
-}
-
-multilib_src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		$(meson_native_use_feature bpf)
-		-Dgconv=disabled
-		$(meson_feature jpeg)
-		$(meson_feature dvb libdvbv5)
-		$(meson_native_use_feature tracer v4l2-tracer)
-		$(meson_native_use_bool utils v4l-utils)
-		-Ddocdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
-		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		-Dudevdir="${EPREFIX}$(get_udevdir)"
-		$(meson_native_use_feature doc doxygen-doc)
-		$(meson_native_use_bool doc doxygen-html)
-		$(meson_native_use_bool doc doxygen-man)
-	)
-	if multilib_is_native_abi && use qt6; then
-		emesonargs+=(
-			-Dqv4l2=enabled
-			-Dqvidcap=enabled
-		)
-	else
-		emesonargs+=(
-			-Dqv4l2=disabled
-			-Dqvidcap=disabled
-		)
-	fi
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-multilib_src_install_all() {
-	dodoc ChangeLog README.lib* TODO
-
-	if use utils; then
-		dodoc README.md
-		newdoc utils/dvb/README README.dvb
-		newdoc utils/libv4l2util/TODO TODO.libv4l2util
-		newdoc utils/libmedia_dev/README README.libmedia_dev
-		newdoc utils/v4l2-compliance/fixme.txt fixme.txt.v4l2-compliance
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	xdg_pkg_postinst
-	use utils && udev_reload
-
-	if use utils && ver_replacing -lt 1.20.0; then
-		ewarn "WARNING! ir-keytable has changed significantly from version 1.20.0 so"
-		ewarn "you may need to take action to avoid breakage. See"
-		ewarn "https://bugs.gentoo.org/767175 for more details."
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	xdg_pkg_postrm
-	use utils && udev_reload
-}