diff --git a/kde-frameworks/ki18n/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/ki18n/Manifest
index d905c5cd1ba78..1863259053a57 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/ki18n/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/ki18n/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 DIST ki18n-5.116.0.tar.xz 3129628 BLAKE2B 21f24e6f4dbde362c16c3b8bd32e17409e52edd9d6598de460568597641879ae1cec7596199255948eb58a01c39874e0347c672179da851708d59019cb658004 SHA512 0932336e412c02e23241db11b4c7828f834accea58d6035b4affc3ecdbc7fd0e5a8901d41bf0812ac1cc2ea51ef4a9b3611e234619e77eaec110d8069d0cdbf0
-DIST ki18n-6.16.0.tar.xz 3090360 BLAKE2B 2f24ff255d78811cd1020ccbf5f8bd6cedb3cfcf88d21991d9eeb2c7c767d888543f2d956d85b32abc3bd0a1392f9a49d33d8f96f1a8d2c206c4790ea7621e27 SHA512 3b0daef4ed9e2403ee5b264651c3cca4a6e90bcedf84d718884ec663a9da147cd568a4481aafe20ee154aa36f3d2ce0d7d76ed7e088c04effaa38794ccab4d27
 DIST ki18n-6.18.0.tar.xz 3090192 BLAKE2B 176d032d2a7dd9c58ed12ce8f3bab59f3e3a655c4f7fcbeb2da16ec17da9e00a32de102ab17d50e61297e924780aa09301469aebaf5f9a76f02d6ead7018db98 SHA512 03039b6afb84b688c448cd750850e9752600351df772f744006d12981d4389d55936c48dfece059717186f46bb888994ffcdb3a30936c9cab7db972e2053914b
 DIST ki18n-6.19.0.tar.xz 3090296 BLAKE2B f0ecc2a4d3f8c1ef453687888ec1cbfcb8367ef0d715de369b02730ac0e1cdca654caa47020a3344f58b67f035c2acfa9de2b4f843ef9fab888f097871fd67f9 SHA512 14270aefaa2f7ea9265613cd9d6ef8ff5f2bb5467de6befe0faea7cf6e3963618de4814ed0b7afb22c4dbcaf3bb6d06c5f8ee9916e42586ad88636e78cf48865
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/ki18n/ki18n-6.16.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/ki18n/ki18n-6.16.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 0df2d5a91b2b9..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/ki18n/ki18n-6.16.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-QTMIN=6.7.2
-inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org python-single-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Framework based on Gettext for internationalizing user interface text"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[widgets]
-	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
-	sys-devel/gettext
-	virtual/libintl
-"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[concurrent] )
-"
-RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	app-text/iso-codes
-"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# bug 876496
-	kcatalogtest
-	# requires LANG fr_CH. bugs 823816
-	kcountrytest
-	kcountrysubdivisiontest
-	# flaky, bug 948895
-	ki18n-klocalizedstringtest
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DPython3_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-	)
-	ecm_src_configure
-}