diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 0028ef73fd0fe..315025a28f731 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -1043,11 +1043,6 @@ dev-ruby/net-ssh:5
 # anymore. Maksed for removal in 30 days.
 dev-ruby/rspec-retry
 
-# Oz Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com> (2022-12-03)
-# Mate-desktop no longer supports gtk+:2, so there is
-# no need for this package. Removal on 2023-01-03.
-x11-themes/mate-themes-meta
-
 # Piotr Karbowski <slashbeast@gentoo.org> (2022-11-29)
 # Multiple stability issues, deadlocks on exit, broken API.
 # Bug #883559
diff --git a/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/mate-themes-meta-3-r3.ebuild b/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/mate-themes-meta-3-r3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d62ba3e1579a..0000000000000
--- a/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/mate-themes-meta-3-r3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-DESCRIPTION="Meta package to facilitate easy use of x11-themes/mate-themes"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:MATE"
-SRC_URI=""
-
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~riscv x86"
-LICENSE="metapackage"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="gtk2-only"
-
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="|| (
-		gtk2-only? (
-			!!x11-libs/gtk+:3
-			x11-themes/mate-themes:0
-		)
-		(
-			>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3
-			>=x11-themes/mate-themes-3.22.18
-		)
-	)"
diff --git a/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/metadata.xml b/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9022912afeb38..0000000000000
--- a/x11-themes/mate-themes-meta/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="gtk2-only">Allow dependency-resolution for a system without GTK+3</flag>
-	</use>
-</pkgmetadata>