diff --git a/app-emulation/libguestfs/Manifest b/app-emulation/libguestfs/Manifest
index 0e2789b31cee5..f310df92f5982 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libguestfs/Manifest
+++ b/app-emulation/libguestfs/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-DIST libguestfs-1.48.6.tar.gz 19179600 BLAKE2B 22359ed4b55e29f985dbbbc4f0337eaec32f21a1413bd778656c3f0270891bec520a0b9590e104836eaf9367aeb9ac681b0bf85852fb7a2059da3f7062bc5111 SHA512 7d929db183fbb1d4d1c9159f28871ab4f1bd0be5b3d9fbc5137271666f50c067fd0906674cb1a52c1e070c11a18da4d2aa11bc64ddabda5cac54e72252c6abf2
 DIST libguestfs-1.54.1.tar.gz 19023492 BLAKE2B 13fe3a536ec04901a69192ecc9fefe055099d057ba3609bd1ec51b8853e5ad50fd608ef4de7d6296f9bf53a19c1bc81f2ae54c185c18c6e68f7a541f34222f93 SHA512 0113ea1cd26aba9b935b65299cf34d53c3d669508238d642a1a97622eb24948df05b55072d4c715cacb4fdfc7339c69ca25f65ca51ac87c40c5325175e939a0d
 DIST libguestfs-1.55.13.tar.gz 19024876 BLAKE2B af4cefe9c60216bdc88c93a823a2c6405b2e62faf184ecc4c363283c64d8289cc9c9d67ab5c35c8c71de7cc987de2c4d776a237035087f198e8fc72664a0eb45 SHA512 7f66969e3217426ecf9155777f1b07512db289e0661c2736837c6ea25c9fb6db26854d9e0e1d1306007b8a70b6ccd96de55869db370c356106760437457eb422
 DIST libguestfs-1.56.2.tar.gz 19022635 BLAKE2B 0da837826673b75faac3bc05c6eddf7df60fbac50fcb5dedbe877777f450344217b6fd58892695efcb241cfb3c1fb19d251a8fef9ba5e015b250afb6aad17143 SHA512 80d99319bc6d13f0f4252c21250d4191a9dec94c6d10b572806043f3ecc36581c2169ddac4ebf7c7c7a1a560c6e85c5ce366baea2e63efcaa093f601d1031c62
diff --git a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.48.6-r2.ebuild b/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.48.6-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 196ef2f1e347a..0000000000000
--- a/app-emulation/libguestfs/libguestfs-1.48.6-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-# Bump with app-emulation/guestfs-tools and app-emulation/libguestfs-appliance (if any new release there)
-
-LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-1 )
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-
-inherit autotools flag-o-matic linux-info lua-single perl-functions python-single-r1 strip-linguas toolchain-funcs
-
-MY_PV_1="$(ver_cut 1-2)"
-MY_PV_2="$(ver_cut 2)"
-[[ $(( ${MY_PV_2} % 2 )) -eq 0 ]] && SD="stable" || SD="development"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tools for accessing, inspecting, and modifying virtual machine (VM) disk images"
-HOMEPAGE="https://libguestfs.org/"
-SRC_URI="https://download.libguestfs.org/${MY_PV_1}-${SD}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2 LGPL-2"
-SLOT="0/${MY_PV_1}"
-if [[ ${SD} == "stable" ]] ; then
-	KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
-fi
-IUSE="doc erlang +fuse gtk inspect-icons introspection libvirt lua +ocaml +perl python ruby selinux static-libs systemtap test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	lua? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )
-	python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )
-"
-
-# Failures - doc
-COMMON_DEPEND="
-	>=app-admin/augeas-1.8.0
-	app-alternatives/cpio
-	app-arch/lzma
-	app-arch/rpm
-	app-arch/unzip[natspec]
-	app-arch/xz-utils
-	app-forensics/yara
-	app-cdr/cdrtools
-	app-crypt/gnupg
-	>=app-emulation/qemu-2.0[qemu_softmmu_targets_x86_64,systemtap?,selinux?,filecaps]
-	>=app-misc/hivex-1.3.1
-	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/libconfig:=
-	dev-libs/libpcre2
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2=
-	dev-libs/jansson:=
-	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.4
-	net-libs/libtirpc:=
-	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
-	>=sys-apps/fakechroot-2.8
-	sys-apps/fakeroot
-	sys-apps/file
-	sys-devel/gettext
-	sys-fs/squashfs-tools:*
-	sys-libs/libcap
-	sys-libs/readline:=
-	virtual/acl
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-	erlang? ( dev-lang/erlang )
-	perl? (
-		virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
-		>=dev-perl/Sys-Virt-0.2.4
-		virtual/perl-Getopt-Long
-		virtual/perl-Data-Dumper
-		dev-perl/libintl-perl
-		>=app-misc/hivex-1.3.1[perl?]
-		dev-perl/String-ShellQuote
-	)
-	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	fuse? ( sys-fs/fuse:0 )
-	gtk? (
-		sys-apps/dbus
-		x11-libs/gtk+:3
-	)
-	introspection? (
-		>=dev-libs/glib-2.26:2
-		>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.30.0:=
-	)
-	inspect-icons? (
-		media-libs/netpbm
-		media-gfx/icoutils
-	)
-	libvirt? ( app-emulation/libvirt )
-	lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
-	ocaml? ( <dev-lang/ocaml-5:=[ocamlopt] )
-	selinux? (
-		sys-libs/libselinux:=
-		sys-libs/libsemanage
-	)
-	systemtap? ( dev-debug/systemtap )
-"
-# Some OCaml is always required
-# bug #729674
-DEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	>=dev-lang/ocaml-4.03:=[ocamlopt]
-	dev-util/gperf
-	dev-ml/findlib[ocamlopt]
-	doc? ( app-text/po4a )
-	ocaml? (
-		dev-ml/ounit2[ocamlopt]
-		|| (
-			<dev-ml/ocaml-gettext-0.4.2
-			dev-ml/ocaml-gettext-stub[ocamlopt]
-		)
-	)
-	ruby? ( dev-lang/ruby virtual/rubygems dev-ruby/rake )
-	test? ( introspection? ( dev-libs/gjs ) )
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	app-emulation/libguestfs-appliance
-	acct-group/kvm
-"
-# Upstream build scripts compile and install Lua bindings for the ABI version
-# obtained by running 'lua' on the build host
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-devel/bison
-	sys-devel/flex
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	lua? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )
-"
-
-DOCS=( AUTHORS BUGS ChangeLog HACKING README TODO )
-
-PATCHES=(
-	#"${FILESDIR}"/${MY_PV_1}/
-	#"${FILESDIR}"/1.44/
-)
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	CONFIG_CHECK="~KVM ~VIRTIO"
-	[[ -n "${CONFIG_CHECK}" ]] && check_extra_config
-
-	use lua && lua-single_pkg_setup
-	use python && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# bug #794877
-	tc-export AR
-
-	# Needs both bison+flex (bug #915339, see configure too)
-	unset LEX YACC
-
-	# Skip Bash test
-	# (See 13-test-suite.log in linked bug)
-	# bug #794874
-	export SKIP_TEST_COMPLETE_IN_SCRIPT_SH=1
-
-	# Need to investigate (fails w/ 1.48.4)
-	export SKIP_TEST_QEMU_DRIVE_SH=1
-	export SKIP_TEST_BIG_HEAP=1
-	export SKIP_TEST_NOEXEC_STACK_PL=1
-
-	# Need to be in KVM group
-	export SKIP_TEST_MOUNTABLE_INSPECT_SH=1
-
-	# Missing test data (Fedora image)
-	export SKIP_TEST_JOURNAL_PL=1
-
-	# Disable feature test for kvm for more reason
-	# i.e: not loaded module in __build__ time,
-	# build server not supported kvm, etc. ...
-	#
-	# In fact, this feature is virtio support and requires
-	# configured kernel.
-	export vmchannel_test=no
-
-	# Give a nudge to help find libxcrypt[-system]
-	# We have a := dep on virtual/libcrypt to ensure this doesn't become stale.
-	# bug #703118, bug #789354
-	if ! has_version 'sys-libs/libxcrypt[system]' ; then
-		append-ldflags "-L${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/xcrypt"
-		append-ldflags "-Wl,-R${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/xcrypt"
-	fi
-
-	# Avoid automagic SELinux dependency
-	export ac_cv_header_selinux_selinux_h=$(usex selinux)
-
-	# Test suite at least has a bunch of bashisms
-	SHELL="${BROOT}"/bin/bash CONFIG_SHELL="${BROOT}"/bin/bash econf \
-		--disable-appliance \
-		--disable-daemon \
-		--disable-haskell \
-		--disable-golang \
-		--disable-rust \
-		--disable-php \
-		--without-java \
-		--with-extra="-gentoo" \
-		--with-readline \
-		$(usex doc '' PO4A=no) \
-		$(use_enable ocaml) \
-		$(use_enable erlang) \
-		$(use_enable fuse) \
-		$(use_enable introspection gobject) \
-		$(use_enable introspection) \
-		$(use_with libvirt) \
-		$(use_enable lua) \
-		$(use_enable python) \
-		$(use_enable perl) \
-		$(use_enable ruby) \
-		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
-		$(use_enable systemtap probes)
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local -x LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1
-	local -x LIBGUESTFS_TRACE=1
-	local -x LIBVIRT_DEBUG=1
-
-	# Try this?
-	#emake quickcheck
-
-	default
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	strip-linguas -i po
-
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install "LINGUAS=""${LINGUAS}"""
-
-	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-
-	if use perl ; then
-		perl_delete_localpod
-
-		# Workaround Build.PL for now
-		doman "${ED}"/usr/man/man3/Sys::Guestfs.3pm
-		rm -rf "${ED}"/usr/man || die
-	fi
-
-	use python && python_optimize
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	einfo "Please ensure you are in the 'kvm' group for decent performance!"
-
-	if ! use gtk ; then
-		einfo "virt-p2v NOT installed"
-	fi
-
-	einfo "Note that common tools like virt-resize are now part of app-emulation/guestfs-tools"
-}
diff --git a/app-emulation/libguestfs/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/libguestfs/metadata.xml
index 756be46acce30..93edf6fa42d7d 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libguestfs/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/libguestfs/metadata.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
   <use>
     <flag name="erlang">Build Erlang bindings</flag>
     <flag name="fuse">Enable image mount support via <pkg>sys-fs/fuse</pkg></flag>
-    <flag name="inspect-icons">Use <pkg>media-gfx/icoutils</pkg> for accessing/inspecting icon file within images</flag>
     <flag name="libvirt">Use <pkg>app-emulation/libvirt</pkg> to manipulate VMs</flag>
-    <flag name="systemtap">Use <pkg>dev-debug/systemtap</pkg> to inspect VM via "probes"</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">libguestfs/libguestfs</remote-id>