diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
index 6af7b4ab32d3d..ac32d5dde5142 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.25.0.tar.xz 697420 BLAKE2B 719be1318a8ba86fad2f34439a9aeb2563ef72e78450d73e3cbbfbd9b8f3d2b0ecf25454dd3f4a00f008a8f0c84d3e6cac40f8d448e2273909b0e7da1c93e259 SHA512 d653ecdd87e38a909e36b5cae880a71bc3aad9de74fe2a97cc9fa7d4d8b9ec6af60d47c4599e2b599ffc870bfd962bda8663f13e4432712fa97cc402e9c968bf
-DIST kfilemetadata-6.26.0.tar.xz 697728 BLAKE2B 36e42886cd7fc4645810e8ebd17304004bcffecd6dfa272d3ffa0d2a77dfecced2ef0e08fa8c49726ff4cbe4dcde5c6a0c27e7a1cf51fd077266321c76378ebf SHA512 41145eb372bb71de128f7eb9081d9f0e29d639959a1b9c442b6afd8c0dc6a51099cc9084929183b698c324a8cef353dc0f6fa472e0db125133c2c05aeaceb4a2
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.27.0.tar.xz 699016 BLAKE2B 30b0b4e66e309e7af26fd964088fbb6a38f2ac3be7939265328f976618138d5dd7bd60d98147d8e899aaa541cdedcecfd63364eaf4c5d1af2a04d9c9736147b7 SHA512 003b101c3905e43bfe463eb95a997233306f97a1e59661ea26c863b1200930446861fbb8e89864d6b2449424f1655dce9d2aed24813369b568803410148c2d4b
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.26.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.26.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bca07238f604..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.26.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-QTMIN=6.10.1
-inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org optfeature python-any-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library for extracting file metadata"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="epub exif ffmpeg mobi pdf taglib"
-
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,xml]
-	=kde-frameworks/karchive-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	epub? ( app-text/ebook-tools )
-	exif? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
-	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:0= )
-	mobi? ( kde-apps/kdegraphics-mobipocket:6 )
-	pdf? ( app-text/poppler[qt6(-)] )
-	taglib? ( media-libs/taglib:= )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	kernel_linux? ( sys-apps/attr )
-"
-BDEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# FIXME: bug 644650, fails on tmpfs (but not for everyone)
-	usermetadatawritertest
-)
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package epub EPub)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package exif LibExiv2)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package ffmpeg FFmpeg)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package mobi QMobipocket6)
-		-DENABLE_MOBIPOCKET_TEXT_EXTRACTION=OFF
-		$(cmake_use_find_package pdf Poppler)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package taglib Taglib)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-		optfeature "Microsoft Word/Powerpoint file indexing" app-text/catdoc
-		optfeature "Microsoft Excel file indexing" dev-libs/libxls
-	fi
-}