diff --git a/kde-frameworks/baloo/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/baloo/Manifest
index 4c040bd9cb595..f740943231180 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/baloo/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/baloo/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST baloo-6.16.0.tar.xz 327256 BLAKE2B 8bbbeb100692f240a3823af49f981c601123ed3e8c323bea6ec546c0dc34cc26ec033a59b63c0b59058901c1c05e25f7d92172336ff0fd5136bf8e1cf40d0f15 SHA512 626c73f9d709f39881cf17bbdf941f1762f6f3e2c32492f85193dad1fcb4f980b595804a98706f5b942cc406c1e19b99b2936ea41fc9066abfe93dc0c6d9fb55
 DIST baloo-6.18.0.tar.xz 328224 BLAKE2B 5daf760945f1549017d2c7ac4d2a97ecd1b9ef0e7dcb4ce9b6262d0fe2840c62e657e8a1a06393807668a97cb5190955ba6d38fa3f40a80bf0c011eff473f620 SHA512 92d0cfa8cc5509e3fa07a260e8f22b10ecb46240609d669b08c2e675f104585168923ebfea25db94572ef52dcf2db68e8b13f4fb22b9fba55ad9691d7360be0e
 DIST baloo-6.19.0.tar.xz 330980 BLAKE2B 5e48ae82b15647e7c382951bc2277fa4191904618dc5003ca22dcac44b5fbcd2d9ea693a22774be61364f5f92bf73c6b34c3358e643f210fe2f608458c679be6 SHA512 63d39da8d6446c400374878e8497ba7b47a5615a19067a383199b24f179966690fcc0afaa728f374f730f1486f223443db9fd0d501132355e6d7ffe7831220e3
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/baloo/baloo-6.16.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/baloo/baloo-6.16.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index b7d7ccca33edd..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/baloo/baloo-6.16.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-ECM_TEST="forceoptional"
-QTMIN=6.7.2
-inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
-
-DESCRIPTION="Framework for searching and managing metadata"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-RESTRICT="test" # bug 624250
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-db/lmdb-0.9.17
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets]
-	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kidletime-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kio-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/solid-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!${CATEGORY}/${PN}:5[-kf6compat(-)]
-"