diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
index 814640147c87d..40d8187af843b 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST kfilemetadata-6.18.0.tar.xz 702700 BLAKE2B 2f34e594c0aca4dccc3e6fde1acec4406af23b183a8d5436dd174b2147c39d24bcd45857deecd693a9bc28ba5ea9153838d9b4010213bf4df62917c32f600632 SHA512 c8648635ac02e5ef72e78d3099537c0c0253fb1068faea797f2031588aa9f056c2b1bcd6326ccd969a2834fb9011ea07dd84831ade1dda5bf6a37177be002a44
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.20.0.tar.xz 702848 BLAKE2B f5404f9c95eed24688aaf5a6d93314db5b760fc1664844d93f2eee2b343f7ca6024c57df2382bf24fec7759de65c917bb0225b77f27244cd96c893cf38c05e5e SHA512 f3002f374abe0a7f7d37ee2456f3e4a8064b11b560dc319078d1fe5ab24321a45206057a32df0f620a26b52dcdb0de0154ff43682eb65cf163f8e6f36fef9722
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.21.0.tar.xz 704288 BLAKE2B 08291fe0606552a99389fcc316b3d5ca5a5d55c9ab56ffc8d7834f13d7bca2836ad6248e8bd1a30fe0aa6961f58d0116af3166ea2cfae5188777349c045d6235 SHA512 2c23e569e304b62dd613e67f943c21e18601452aea24d8e7a678a5f5e48636da389d7db0ab30a6ab968c16010f3cf7029bcc7648d94bc796d9daf332a535b8a8
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.18.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 665a78a329dbd..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.18.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +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 optfeature python-any-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library for extracting file metadata"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="epub exif ffmpeg mobi pdf taglib"
-
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,xml]
-	=kde-frameworks/karchive-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	epub? ( app-text/ebook-tools )
-	exif? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
-	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:0= )
-	mobi? ( kde-apps/kdegraphics-mobipocket:6 )
-	pdf? ( app-text/poppler[qt6(-)] )
-	taglib? ( media-libs/taglib:= )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	kernel_linux? ( sys-apps/attr )
-"
-BDEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# FIXME: bug 644650, fails on tmpfs (but not for everyone)
-	usermetadatawritertest
-)
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package epub EPub)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package exif LibExiv2)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package ffmpeg FFmpeg)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package mobi QMobipocket6)
-		-DENABLE_MOBIPOCKET_TEXT_EXTRACTION=OFF
-		$(cmake_use_find_package pdf Poppler)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package taglib Taglib)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-		optfeature "Microsoft Word/Powerpoint file indexing" app-text/catdoc
-		optfeature "Microsoft Excel file indexing" dev-libs/libxls
-	fi
-}