diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
index 9bc6dded02588..51685ae336e48 100644
--- a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
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 DIST vte-0.68.0.tar.bz2 507598 BLAKE2B 10274d9e804f00bf071b7848633ca8de2953f4e91dc2967e33b7d6698bb304baac4f0e0431debae5a972c2c56c65efd1c5b92455a17db08cf254ddec56d3276e SHA512 785df7261b5075f166e59de7d3535b381564715ce65efd4837a130e153528691b610fc6160c00f0f17008f5f4ee94c23350d9a477b4b1d58da6ace083e5caae1
-DIST vte-0.74.0-command-notify.patch.xz 9248 BLAKE2B 30917bc72d2b3fd917178f49c26f023d40d37e9a44a896c44e55345396d0bfdb1b109f8b2fdead96c31f92f5febcc397f2899511647c3adf3c2aace2be8ffa94 SHA512 fc0bb3cfa70fc5e1384c44fcce6d6a76957d0dd72f61a882d9df22d55dd06fcee4e7bd2a136c443158fe403992befe5d7ce5970b8b657b690b3875ff5171ea83
-DIST vte-0.74.2.tar.bz2 505422 BLAKE2B 243eabfb26c0ec65d0b202437ae79265440256941dae4263e9d6dc9afea24d0fbbd7d421864a90b54d2ba953cd60a2b5a41aef9fb9e53396176bcc71400eef82 SHA512 203dd0f8606b8979cde01781412e0dbab3cb8857828e55f6d69ecfc2e4d58d53430aa5c61a2203e122c772ba1f6c5b739d3c03456b133580e76d511d67f3f534
 DIST vte-0.76.3-a11y-implement-GtkAccessibleText.patch.xz 9548 BLAKE2B 2c34f44cff5e1abf00358984c8000a3d7bce3b020be08052d016ca69864f9ab9b1a22ca6709dd5e78a13c8e43a6c4ace1fc1e74f5be83a9988c2b0083880ab95 SHA512 490ec91f27a8a873ee03f8aebb222217c85b2f865e6662dcc5efc1d9fe3765c966d4e9cd8691c4f1779e232139822eb1aa0f464e7090da96c6c17b556f642927
 DIST vte-0.76.3-command-notify.patch.xz 4336 BLAKE2B d3fd8eef9c3322af20ceac4678635edbb00159fa88147a897f655a5920c638da19fff10e08215a891df2cdd5721cd808b6041d84e74980a9f129e07de621526b SHA512 1c974ae97823659bee873036d656423255fae2b71baa4f4221b656055d69d55120f5cccfe3d9e514a64a2c5f87f94c1e4b47b4a2a233faf28ca06a959efe3e3b
 DIST vte-0.76.3.tar.bz2 564747 BLAKE2B 1ad65a18ca1aa2371dd74ef3ebaf1aa44358c4a1cbcfa39296fde10e03a76cdbdd2ca7f229f1b4507016e8b986824407d937952a45306eab5e6c0ca5ee9cec8b SHA512 8b7e18831e99ac92159f7b39c6404879cebf22f1f2dcb3feb38cad61f374767f631923c219e153551e9f30ee75c1e8e975fbbf3a6027b9c62ba4f948e3c9f199
diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.74.2.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.74.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index fa06734810285..0000000000000
--- a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.74.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-
-inherit flag-o-matic gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library providing a virtual terminal emulator widget"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Terminal/VTE"
-
-# Once SIXEL support ships (0.66 or later), might need xterm license (but code might be considered upgraded to LGPL-3+)
-LICENSE="LGPL-3+ GPL-3+"
-SLOT="2.91"      # vte_api_version in meson.build
-IUSE="+crypt debug gtk-doc +icu +introspection systemd +vala vanilla"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86"
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	gtk-doc? ( introspection )
-	vala? ( introspection )
-"
-
-# Upstream is hostile and refuses to upload tarballs.
-SRC_URI="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/${PN}/-/archive/${PV}/${P}.tar.bz2"
-SRC_URI="${SRC_URI} !vanilla? ( https://dev.gentoo.org/~mattst88/distfiles/${PN}-0.74.0-command-notify.patch.xz )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.22:3[introspection?]
-	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.0
-	>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.0
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.60:2
-	crypt?  ( >=net-libs/gnutls-3.2.7:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
-	>=x11-libs/pango-1.22.0
-	>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.21:=
-	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-220:= )
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.56:= )
-	x11-libs/pango[introspection?]
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	~gui-libs/vte-common-${PV}[systemd?]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
-	dev-util/glib-utils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
-	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	use vala && vala_setup
-	xdg_environment_reset
-
-	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.66.2-musl-W_EXITCODE.patch
-
-	if ! use vanilla; then
-		# From https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vte291/raw/rawhide/f/vte291-cntnr-precmd-preexec-scroll.patch
-		# Adds OSC 777 support for desktop notifications in gnome-terminal or elsewhere
-		eapply "${WORKDIR}"/${PN}-0.74.0-command-notify.patch
-	fi
-
-	# -Ddebugg option enables various debug support via VTE_DEBUG, but also ggdb3; strip the latter
-	sed -e '/ggdb3/d' -i meson.build || die
-	sed -i 's/vte_gettext_domain = vte_api_name/vte_gettext_domain = vte_gtk3_api_name/' meson.build || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Upstream don't support LTO & error out on it in meson.build (bug #926156)
-	filter-lto
-
-	local emesonargs=(
-		-Da11y=true
-		$(meson_use debug debugg)
-		$(meson_use gtk-doc docs)
-		$(meson_use introspection gir)
-		-Dfribidi=true # pulled in by pango anyhow
-		-Dglade=true
-		$(meson_use crypt gnutls)
-		-Dgtk3=true
-		-Dgtk4=false
-		$(meson_use icu)
-		$(meson_use systemd _systemd)
-		$(meson_use vala vapi)
-	)
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# not meson_src_install because this would include einstalldocs, which
-	# would result in file collisions with gui-libs/vte
-	meson_install
-
-	# Remove files that are provided by gui-libs/vte-common
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.sh || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.csh || die
-	if use systemd; then
-		rm "${ED}"/usr/lib/systemd/user/vte-spawn-.scope.d/defaults.conf || die
-	fi
-	if use gtk-doc; then
-		mkdir -p "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
-		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/vte-${SLOT} "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/vte-${SLOT}-gtk3 || die
-	fi
-}