diff --git a/dev-games/godot/Manifest b/dev-games/godot/Manifest
index b00c06fc59e3d..26b51903f1c25 100644
--- a/dev-games/godot/Manifest
+++ b/dev-games/godot/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST godot-3.5.1-stable.tar.xz 24153448 BLAKE2B 9d61276a2d82ef4f4487ec1046b7fa58f2b3626640b2db25c1f98c3f8e2ff40eddcf943fd9ffaaf6814fbafbbe7ef1d3f642d77af953b87731cff570ac3a5473 SHA512 59e5ca88534f542562971efb83b76561705f9ca8761311f01b4453857e7ae046c17cadd0d5ca6f6f56e262b5031294a8b9ad970fa6ffc95e1a6a1e1bae48d55f
-DIST godot-4.0-rc5.tar.xz 29376936 BLAKE2B bc8de477a4597576165fb1a7f38822aa499dcba696368bb47a0b018bfaedb573d2d822e80e1e4364abfb40a72c7badc2a3ef1d2ce9b9a10a1d7d29811b4f489e SHA512 8001f0d021798e6521855ab41c1fa4db93ea898cac9267305745a822f46a8ef3f58174e3c9d402c5d22b94404e411cb56b69e018d3ea00febb885aad42c5eca7
 DIST godot-4.0-stable.tar.xz 29435592 BLAKE2B 0802631f2995144b63c98c3a6031e7f9df771e7dd9491d38a5fcb3f52581c1f3d6a29cde5a43f9a3a83c9aaeaba9e53b22c22cdb67117f65189d916564db614b SHA512 a1de87425861dfd71bf6c6387008d72a0c80322865ffb4dbb4a87e58244d37d4d45d6f6df8e06ea6c4f979de80b364932891c65cf11c7f80727f33e28460cbd9
diff --git a/dev-games/godot/godot-4.0_rc5.ebuild b/dev-games/godot/godot-4.0_rc5.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 584b6bf6273e5..0000000000000
--- a/dev-games/godot/godot-4.0_rc5.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,234 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..11} )
-inherit bash-completion-r1 desktop python-any-r1 scons-utils toolchain-funcs xdg
-
-MY_P="${PN}-$(ver_rs 2 -)"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine with a feature-rich editor"
-HOMEPAGE="https://godotengine.org/"
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.tuxfamily.org/godotengine/$(ver_rs 2 /)/${MY_P}.tar.xz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-LICENSE="
-	MIT
-	Apache-2.0 BSD Boost-1.0 CC0-1.0 Unlicense ZLIB
-	gui? ( CC-BY-4.0 ) tools? ( OFL-1.1 )"
-SLOT="4"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-# Enable roughly same as upstream by default so it works as expected,
-# except raycast (tools-only heavy dependency), and deprecated.
-IUSE="
-	alsa +dbus debug deprecated +fontconfig +gui pulseaudio raycast
-	+runner speech test +theora +tools +udev +upnp +vulkan +webp"
-# tests need more figuring out, they are still somewhat new and volatile
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-# dlopen: libglvnd
-RDEPEND="
-	app-arch/zstd:=
-	dev-games/recastnavigation:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre2:=[pcre32]
-	media-libs/freetype[brotli,harfbuzz]
-	media-libs/harfbuzz:=[icu]
-	media-libs/libogg
-	media-libs/libpng:=
-	media-libs/libvorbis
-	<net-libs/mbedtls-3:=
-	net-libs/wslay
-	sys-libs/zlib:=
-	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
-	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
-	fontconfig? ( media-libs/fontconfig )
-	gui? (
-		media-libs/libglvnd
-		x11-libs/libX11
-		x11-libs/libXcursor
-		x11-libs/libXext
-		x11-libs/libXi
-		x11-libs/libXinerama
-		x11-libs/libXrandr
-		x11-libs/libXrender
-		x11-libs/libxkbcommon
-		tools? ( raycast? ( media-libs/embree:3 ) )
-		vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader[X] )
-	)
-	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
-	speech? ( app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher )
-	theora? ( media-libs/libtheora )
-	tools? ( app-misc/ca-certificates )
-	udev? ( virtual/udev )
-	upnp? ( net-libs/miniupnpc:= )
-	webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:= )"
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-	gui? ( x11-base/xorg-proto )
-	tools? ( test? ( dev-cpp/doctest ) )"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.0_beta3-headless-header.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.0_rc2-musl.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.0_rc2-gcc13.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.0_rc3-scons.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	sed -i "1,5s/ godot/&${SLOT}/i" misc/dist/linux/godot.6 || die
-	sed -i "/id/s/Godot/&${SLOT}/" misc/dist/linux/org.godotengine.Godot.appdata.xml || die
-	sed -e "s/=godot/&${SLOT}/" -e "/^Name=/s/$/ ${SLOT}/" \
-		-i misc/dist/linux/org.godotengine.Godot.desktop || die
-
-	sed -i "s|pkg-config |$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) |" platform/linuxbsd/detect.py || die
-
-	# use of builtin_ switches can be messy (see below), delete to be sure
-	local unbundle=(
-		doctest embree freetype graphite harfbuzz icu4c libogg
-		libpng libtheora libvorbis libwebp linuxbsd_headers mbedtls
-		miniupnpc pcre2 recastnavigation volk wslay zlib zstd
-		# certs: unused by generated header, but scons panics if not found
-	)
-	rm -r "${unbundle[@]/#/thirdparty/}" || die
-
-	ln -s "${ESYSROOT}"/usr/include/doctest thirdparty/ || die
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	local -x GODOT_VERSION_STATUS=$(ver_cut 3-4) # for dev versions only
-	local -x BUILD_NAME=gentoo # replaces "custom_build" in version string
-
-	local esconsargs=(
-		AR="$(tc-getAR)" CC="$(tc-getCC)" CXX="$(tc-getCXX)"
-
-		progress=no
-		verbose=yes
-
-		use_sowrap=no
-
-		alsa=$(usex alsa)
-		dbus=$(usex dbus)
-		deprecated=$(usex deprecated)
-		fontconfig=$(usex fontconfig)
-		opengl3=$(usex gui)
-		pulseaudio=$(usex pulseaudio)
-		speechd=$(usex speech)
-		udev=$(usex udev)
-		use_volk=no # unnecessary when linking directly to libvulkan
-		vulkan=$(usex gui $(usex vulkan))
-		x11=$(usex gui)
-
-		system_certs_path="${EPREFIX}"/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-
-		# platform/*/detect.py uses builtin_* switches to check if need
-		# to link with system libraries, but ignores whether the dep is
-		# actually used, so "enable" deleted builtins on disabled deps
-		builtin_certs=no
-		builtin_embree=$(usex !gui yes $(usex !tools yes $(usex !raycast)))
-		builtin_enet=yes # bundled copy is patched for IPv6+DTLS support
-		builtin_freetype=no
-		builtin_glslang=yes #879111
-		builtin_graphite=no
-		builtin_harfbuzz=no
-		builtin_icu4c=no
-		builtin_libogg=no
-		builtin_libpng=no
-		builtin_libtheora=$(usex !theora)
-		builtin_libvorbis=no
-		builtin_libwebp=$(usex !webp)
-		builtin_mbedtls=no
-		builtin_miniupnpc=$(usex !upnp)
-		builtin_msdfgen=yes # not wired for unbundling nor packaged
-		builtin_pcre2=no
-		builtin_recastnavigation=no
-		builtin_rvo2=yes # bundled copy has godot-specific changes
-		builtin_squish=yes # ^ likewise, may not be safe to unbundle
-		builtin_wslay=no
-		builtin_xatlas=yes # not wired for unbundling nor packaged
-		builtin_zlib=no
-		builtin_zstd=no
-		# (more is bundled in third_party/ but they lack builtin_* switches)
-
-		# modules with optional dependencies, "possible" to disable more but
-		# gets messy and breaks all sorts of features (expected enabled)
-		module_gridmap_enabled=$(usex deprecated) # fails without deprecated
-		module_mono_enabled=no # unhandled
-		# note raycast is only enabled on amd64+arm64, see raycast/config.py
-		module_raycast_enabled=$(usex gui $(usex tools $(usex raycast)))
-		module_theora_enabled=$(usex theora)
-		module_upnp_enabled=$(usex upnp)
-		module_webp_enabled=$(usex webp)
-
-		# let *FLAGS handle these, e.g. can pass -flto as-is
-		debug_symbols=no
-		lto=none
-		optimize=custom
-		use_static_cpp=no
-	)
-
-	if use runner && use tools; then
-		# build alternate faster + ~60% smaller binary for running
-		# games or servers without game development debug paths
-		escons extra_suffix=runner target=template_release "${esconsargs[@]}"
-	fi
-
-	esconsargs+=(
-		target=$(usex tools editor template_$(usex debug{,} release))
-		dev_build=$(usex debug)
-
-		# harmless but note this bakes in --test in the final binary
-		tests=$(usex tools $(usex test))
-	)
-
-	escons extra_suffix=main "${esconsargs[@]}"
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	xdg_environment_reset
-	bin/godot*.main --headless --test || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local s=godot${SLOT}
-
-	newbin bin/godot*.main ${s}
-	if use runner && use tools; then
-		newbin bin/godot*.runner ${s}-runner
-	else
-		# always available, revdeps shouldn't depend on [runner]
-		dosym ${s} /usr/bin/${s}-runner
-	fi
-
-	newman misc/dist/linux/godot.6 ${s}.6
-	dodoc AUTHORS.md CHANGELOG.md DONORS.md README.md
-
-	if use gui; then
-		newicon icon.svg ${s}.svg
-		newmenu misc/dist/linux/org.godotengine.Godot.desktop \
-			org.godotengine.${s^}.desktop
-
-		insinto /usr/share/metainfo
-		newins misc/dist/linux/org.godotengine.Godot.appdata.xml \
-			org.godotengine.${s^}.appdata.xml
-
-		insinto /usr/share/mime/application
-		newins misc/dist/linux/org.godotengine.Godot.xml \
-			org.godotengine.${s^}.xml
-	fi
-
-	newbashcomp misc/dist/shell/godot.bash-completion ${s}
-	bashcomp_alias ${s}{,-runner}
-
-	insinto /usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
-	newins misc/dist/shell/godot.fish ${s}.fish
-	dosym ${s}.fish /usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/${s}-runner.fish
-
-	insinto /usr/share/zsh/site-functions
-	newins misc/dist/shell/_godot.zsh-completion _${s}
-	dosym _${s} /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_${s}-runner
-}