diff --git a/app-text/dictd/Manifest b/app-text/dictd/Manifest
index 6d9e4b666c9ef..40a596414f68a 100644
--- a/app-text/dictd/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/dictd/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST dictd-1.13.1.tar.gz 395619 BLAKE2B 83caad8570e752575bf5fe39a41e4a7d564f3a255d4e4cb234661a56ed645dfb155bef8a89d4ecfebfefb2f03d4ab808c00f1c4eacaae883761e28817138526b SHA512 31a2e67feaa672e773b86d16ecb9f41fdcd2d5f907759cc110261af30147b3972a2c7d742b4d61b67eb3b8c84c08e179106b9a30e998a425c9b437ec933b03ea
 DIST dictd-1.13.3.tar.gz 390047 BLAKE2B e7d27672c9e8770a062a0dfae2c8b011b57b906477eeb779a6a3104018b50c20edf6d951a5e2561489cf86ab14f52eff80fb3aa6ce39d4da1e3008820ce57968 SHA512 41091fa3c9ae5d9b6139ea765d20f1f9f801e25e97ffb5aba6bb7e9fbddb4c2b2018d25092b341af430a80c6051db1e35a9d93d5ee8f97760006053ed30f4d58
diff --git a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.1.ebuild b/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index e91bce3e58e15..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit autotools readme.gentoo-r1 systemd
-
-DESCRIPTION="Dictionary Client/Server for the DICT protocol"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.dict.org/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dict/"
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/dict/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-1+ GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
-IUSE="dbi judy minimal selinux test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	acct-group/dictd
-	acct-user/dictd
-	>=sys-apps/coreutils-6.10
-	dev-libs/libmaa:=
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	dbi? ( dev-db/libdbi )
-	judy? ( dev-libs/judy )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-# <gawk-3.1.6 makes tests fail.
-BDEPEND="
-	>=sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6
-	app-alternatives/lex
-	app-alternatives/yacc
-"
-RDEPEND+=" selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-dictd )"
-
-DOC_CONTENTS="
-	To start and use ${PN} you need to emerge at least one dictionary from
-	the app-dicts category with the package name starting with 'dictd-'.
-	To install all available dictionaries, emerge app-dicts/dictd-dicts.
-	${PN} will NOT start without at least one dictionary.\n
-	\nIf you are running systemd, you will need to review the instructions
-	explained in /etc/dict/dictd.conf comments.
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.10.11-colorit-nopp-fix.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.12.0-build.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.13.0-lex.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.13.0-libtool.patch # bug #818535
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.13.1-version.patch # bug #852884
-	"${FILESDIR}"/dictd-1.13.0-stack-smashing.patch # bug #908998
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	sed -i -e 's:configure.in:configure.ac:' Makefile.in || die
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		$(use_with dbi plugin-dbi) \
-		$(use_with judy plugin-judy) \
-		--libexecdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN} \
-		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}"/etc/dict
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	# -j1 for bug #743292
-	if use minimal; then
-		emake -j1 dictfmt dictzip dictzip
-	else
-		emake -j1
-	fi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	use minimal && return 0 # All tests are for dictd which we don't build...
-
-	if [[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]]; then
-		# If dictd is run as root user (-userpriv) it drops its privileges to
-		# dictd user and group. Give dictd group write access to test directory.
-		chown :dictd "${WORKDIR}" "${S}/test" || die
-		chmod 770 "${WORKDIR}" "${S}/test" || die
-	fi
-
-	emake -j1 test
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	if use minimal; then
-		emake -j1 DESTDIR="${ED}" install.dictzip install.dict install.dictfmt
-	else
-		default
-
-		# Don't install rfc2229.txt because it is non-free
-		dodoc doc/{dicf.ms,rfc.ms,rfc.sh}
-		dodoc doc/{security.doc,toc.ms}
-		dodoc -r examples
-
-		# conf files. For dict.conf see below.
-		insinto /etc/dict
-		for f in dictd.conf site.info colorit.conf; do
-			doins "${FILESDIR}/1.10.11/${f}"
-		done
-
-		# startups for dictd
-		newinitd "${FILESDIR}/1.10.11/dictd.initd" dictd
-		newconfd "${FILESDIR}/1.10.11/dictd.confd" dictd
-		systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
-	fi
-
-	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -o -name '*.a' -delete || die
-
-	insinto /etc/dict
-	doins "${FILESDIR}"/1.10.11/dict.conf
-
-	dodoc ANNOUNCE NEWS README TODO
-
-	readme.gentoo_create_doc
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	readme.gentoo_print_elog
-	if has_version sys-apps/systemd; then
-		ewarn "The default location for dicts has changed! If you've modified your"
-		ewarn "systemd units locally to point into /usr/lib/dict, please update it"
-		ewarn "to point at /usr/share/dict now."
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-lex.patch b/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-lex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c69758c4805dc..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-lex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From: orbea <orbea@riseup.net>
-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:10:18 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] build: Fix implicit function declarations
-
---- a/clientparse.y
-+++ b/clientparse.y
-@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
- #define YYERROR_VERBOSE
- 
- static dictServer *s;
-+
-+int yylex();
-+void yyerror(const char *s);
- %}
- 
- %union {
---- a/servparse.y
-+++ b/servparse.y
-@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
- 
- static dictDatabase *db;
- 
-+int yylex();
-+void yyerror(const char *s);
-+
- static int string2bool (const char *str)
- {
-    if (
diff --git a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-libtool.patch b/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-libtool.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f687a182f60f3..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.0-libtool.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/818535
-
-From: orbea <orbea@riseup.net>
-Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:18:40 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Add missing LT_INIT
-
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ endif
- 
- .SUFFIXES:	
- 
-+top_builddir=	@top_builddir@
- srcdir=		@srcdir@
- VPATH=		@srcdir@:.
- prefix=		@prefix@
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ AC_INIT([dict],[VERSION],[dict-beta@dict.org])
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([dictd.c])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
- 
-+LT_INIT
-+
- echo Configuring for dict
- echo .
- 
-@@ -70,13 +72,10 @@ echo Checking for programs
- 
- AC_PROG_AWK
- AC_PROG_INSTALL
--AC_PROG_RANLIB
- AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
- AC_PROG_YACC
- AC_PROG_LEX
- 
--AC_CHECK_PROG(LIBTOOL,libtool,libtool)
--
- AC_CHECK_PROGS(NROFF,gnroff nroff)
- AC_CHECK_PROGS(TROFF,groff troff)
- AC_CHECK_PROGS(COL,col cat)
-@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ AC_SUBST(DICT_VERSION)
- AC_SUBST(USE_PLUGIN)
- AC_SUBST(EXEEXT)
- AC_SUBST(allsubdirs)
--AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL)
- 
- AC_SUBST(PLUGINS)
- 
---- a/doc/Makefile.in
-+++ b/doc/Makefile.in
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ endif
- 
- .SUFFIXES:	
- 
-+top_builddir=	@top_builddir@
- srcdir=		@srcdir@
- VPATH=		@srcdir@
- prefix=		@prefix@
diff --git a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.1-version.patch b/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.1-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c0ef4f1f594e4..0000000000000
--- a/app-text/dictd/files/dictd-1.13.1-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/852884
-
-From: orbea <orbea@riseup.net>
-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:00:21 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] configure: Set version directly in AC_INIT
-
-This avoids a command not found error in config.status.
-
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
- 
- # Add a _letter_ if you change the version number and release your own version.
- # Numbers are for the original author(s) only.
--DICT_VERSION=@DICT_VERSION@
-+DICT_VERSION=@PACKAGE_VERSION@
- 
- ifneq (,)
- This makefile requires GNU Make.
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -23,14 +23,10 @@ dnl     CFLAGS and LDFLAGS should be settable on the make commandline
- dnl             for optimization and stripping.
- dnl     LIBOBJS is an automatically-generated list of extra objects we need
- 
--
--define(VERSION, 1.13.1)
--
--
- AC_PREREQ(2.53)
- AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.144 $)
- 
--AC_INIT([dict],[VERSION],[dict-beta@dict.org])
-+AC_INIT([dict],[1.13.1],[dict-beta@dict.org])
- 
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([dictd.c])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-@@ -40,8 +36,6 @@ LT_INIT
- echo Configuring for dict
- echo .
- 
--DICT_VERSION=VERSION
--
- AC_CANONICAL_HOST
- 
- AC_PROG_CC
-@@ -183,7 +177,6 @@ SBINDIR=`eval3 $sbindir`
- LIBEXECDIR=`eval3 $libexecdir`
- DATADIR=`eval3 $datadir`
- 
--AC_SUBST(DICT_VERSION)
- AC_SUBST(USE_PLUGIN)
- AC_SUBST(EXEEXT)
- AC_SUBST(allsubdirs)
---- a/dictdplugin-config.in
-+++ b/dictdplugin-config.in
-@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ while test $# -ne 0; do
- 	    usage
- 	    exit;;
- 	--version)
--	    echo @DICT_VERSION@
-+	    echo @PACKAGE_VERSION@
- 	    exit;;
- 	--libs)
- 	    echo -L@libdir@