diff --git a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.0814.ebuild b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.0814.ebuild
index 7cccceadd8e42..5c1fb6f93cb39 100644
--- a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.0814.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.0814.ebuild
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ src_install() {
 		rm -rv "${ED}${vimfiles}"/{macros,print,tools,tutor} || die "rm failed"
 		rm -v "${ED}"/usr/bin/vimtutor || die "rm failed"
 
+		# Delete defaults.vim to avoid conflicts with one from vim[minimal]
+		rm -v "${ED}${vimfiles}"/defaults.vim || die "rm failed"
+
 		local keep_colors="default"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/colors/!(${keep_colors}).vim )
 
@@ -199,6 +202,9 @@ src_install() {
 		keep_syntax="${keep_syntax}|syntax|nosyntax|synload"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/syntax/!(${keep_syntax}).vim )
 
+		# Delete skip_defaults_vim config not supported by vim[minimal]
+		sed -i '/skip_defaults_vim/d' "${ED}"/etc/vim/vimrc || die "sed failed"
+
 		eshopts_pop
 	fi
 
diff --git a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3428.ebuild b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3428.ebuild
index c52a926b699e4..40e298a032ae8 100644
--- a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3428.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3428.ebuild
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ src_install() {
 		rm -rv "${ED}${vimfiles}"/{macros,print,tools,tutor} || die "rm failed"
 		rm -v "${ED}"/usr/bin/vimtutor || die "rm failed"
 
+		# Delete defaults.vim to avoid conflicts with one from vim[minimal]
+		rm -v "${ED}${vimfiles}"/defaults.vim || die "rm failed"
+
 		local keep_colors="default"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/colors/!(${keep_colors}).vim )
 
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ src_install() {
 		keep_syntax="${keep_syntax}|syntax|nosyntax|synload"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/syntax/!(${keep_syntax}).vim )
 
+		# Delete skip_defaults_vim config not supported by vim[minimal]
+		sed -i '/skip_defaults_vim/d' "${ED}"/etc/vim/vimrc || die "sed failed"
+
 		eshopts_pop
 	fi
 
diff --git a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3567.ebuild b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3567.ebuild
index 7e80dc2f16f9f..a6ac59db33c34 100644
--- a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3567.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3567.ebuild
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ src_install() {
 		rm -rv "${ED}${vimfiles}"/{macros,print,tools,tutor} || die "rm failed"
 		rm -v "${ED}"/usr/bin/vimtutor || die "rm failed"
 
+		# Delete defaults.vim to avoid conflicts with one from vim[minimal]
+		rm -v "${ED}${vimfiles}"/defaults.vim || die "rm failed"
+
 		local keep_colors="default"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/colors/!(${keep_colors}).vim )
 
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ src_install() {
 		keep_syntax="${keep_syntax}|syntax|nosyntax|synload"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/syntax/!(${keep_syntax}).vim )
 
+		# Delete skip_defaults_vim config not supported by vim[minimal]
+		sed -i '/skip_defaults_vim/d' "${ED}"/etc/vim/vimrc || die "sed failed"
+
 		eshopts_pop
 	fi
 
diff --git a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3582.ebuild b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3582.ebuild
index 8846e2787bfab..7c85269220f91 100644
--- a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3582.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-8.2.3582.ebuild
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ src_install() {
 		rm -rv "${ED}${vimfiles}"/{macros,print,tools,tutor} || die "rm failed"
 		rm -v "${ED}"/usr/bin/vimtutor || die "rm failed"
 
+		# Delete defaults.vim to avoid conflicts with one from vim[minimal]
+		rm -v "${ED}${vimfiles}"/defaults.vim || die "rm failed"
+
 		local keep_colors="default"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/colors/!(${keep_colors}).vim )
 
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ src_install() {
 		keep_syntax="${keep_syntax}|syntax|nosyntax|synload"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/syntax/!(${keep_syntax}).vim )
 
+		# Delete skip_defaults_vim config not supported by vim[minimal]
+		sed -i '/skip_defaults_vim/d' "${ED}"/etc/vim/vimrc || die "sed failed"
+
 		eshopts_pop
 	fi
 
diff --git a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-9999.ebuild b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-9999.ebuild
index 7e80dc2f16f9f..a6ac59db33c34 100644
--- a/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/vim-core/vim-core-9999.ebuild
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ src_install() {
 		rm -rv "${ED}${vimfiles}"/{macros,print,tools,tutor} || die "rm failed"
 		rm -v "${ED}"/usr/bin/vimtutor || die "rm failed"
 
+		# Delete defaults.vim to avoid conflicts with one from vim[minimal]
+		rm -v "${ED}${vimfiles}"/defaults.vim || die "rm failed"
+
 		local keep_colors="default"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/colors/!(${keep_colors}).vim )
 
@@ -201,6 +204,9 @@ src_install() {
 		keep_syntax="${keep_syntax}|syntax|nosyntax|synload"
 		ignore=$(rm -fr "${ED}${vimfiles}"/syntax/!(${keep_syntax}).vim )
 
+		# Delete skip_defaults_vim config not supported by vim[minimal]
+		sed -i '/skip_defaults_vim/d' "${ED}"/etc/vim/vimrc || die "sed failed"
+
 		eshopts_pop
 	fi