diff --git a/kde-apps/kate/Manifest b/kde-apps/kate/Manifest
index 340a67165cdfe..0f95b0a8820fc 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kate/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kate/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST kate-25.04.3.tar.xz 8377752 BLAKE2B eab8db79a36b2c054e33d45c035aa186ded5603395ec7604fd49f25395d488c0e993daab0fd70d5c48c2949bf8a8c98985518622dca2daf1199984ce671c89c7 SHA512 63335337b65042a67b2265aea65f3782b949a6556d4b9f222b00f9b7599f9bd78e2ba435e2e84bb6ebccaa458dc3736dab68d7d3379f648f85c334df3d6c7326
-DIST kate-25.08.0.tar.xz 8417060 BLAKE2B 31536942b084a28557622c99a06b53a83998f5130de7057c77234f28751e5857da1e98543da7de1a2c74668eebf01e5ec0baf7a08bed79b4495f6e224cf5ad7a SHA512 eb469e224413f94273bd02667a5acfb7ba27cd72c712ec33a0fc32024eb00c8b56c2158f102d586bbad5f0fc4739eebfba1c3d905de2edd0f8071291d3f13aab
 DIST kate-25.08.1.tar.xz 8416892 BLAKE2B b4ced3ece314ce2d262b9b491fe8f4c46a3aafd8c63f16dcdee9085823ebab8c540359541cf6af9dc98e94cdf40c9d98dff55df6159b6081490eaa67f6c60a73 SHA512 e7b983cf41d4524f4b11ddc347b7eda57e626c840bf659b514f97ecf0f8ab79b14f1a85761f7e9c865274210b437e5975f1e69d9636cfa2ff7ade5e4ef4484f8
diff --git a/kde-apps/kate/kate-25.08.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/kate/kate-25.08.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b2387c174f453..0000000000000
--- a/kde-apps/kate/kate-25.08.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-ECM_HANDBOOK="forceoff"
-KFMIN=6.16.0
-QTMIN=6.9.1
-inherit ecm flag-o-matic gear.kde.org xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Multi-document editor with network transparency, Plasma integration and more"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kate-editor.org/ https://apps.kde.org/kate/"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2" # TODO: CHECK
-SLOT="6"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-# slot op: Uses Qt6::GuiPrivate for qtx11extras_p.h
-# kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem[X]: Unconditional use of KX11Extras
-# TODO: replace HAVE_X11 and __has_include with explicit WITH_X11 option
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,network,widgets,X]
-	~kde-apps/kate-lib-${PV}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KFMIN}:6[X]
-	virtual/libintl
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	~kde-apps/kate-addons-${PV}:6
-	>=kde-apps/kate-common-${PV}
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	ecm_src_prepare
-	ecm_punt_po_install
-
-	# these tests are run in kde-apps/kate-lib
-	cmake_run_in apps/lib cmake_comment_add_subdirectory autotests
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_addons=FALSE
-		-DBUILD_kwrite=FALSE
-	)
-
-	# provided by kde-apps/kate-lib
-	append-libs -lkateprivate
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	ecm_src_install
-
-	# provided by kde-apps/kate-lib
-	rm -v "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/libkateprivate.so.* || die
-}