diff --git a/games-strategy/crimson/Manifest b/games-strategy/crimson/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 73cc6f115cab6..0000000000000
--- a/games-strategy/crimson/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST crimson-0.5.3.tar.bz2 882366 BLAKE2B 6faece818105d29dd2d141b925b332cfd5214dd918f5c07cacd2f6cdfcd6a58c86e6ab1cc2fce396fbf24839f5dded619e92a786f03663e78068926a8d0e6be3 SHA512 9632317c4b258ed5e501ad1d058706ed654fc621b07099f65d93e29fe92e53fc8f6bbffa13c70fc2129f30695d3f10e85174234dc96cc171631b3465d2b7cffc
diff --git a/games-strategy/crimson/crimson-0.5.3-r1.ebuild b/games-strategy/crimson/crimson-0.5.3-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index df7ee6fe56dbf..0000000000000
--- a/games-strategy/crimson/crimson-0.5.3-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-inherit desktop
-
-DESCRIPTION="Tactical war game in the tradition of Battle Isle"
-HOMEPAGE="https://crimson.seul.org/"
-SRC_URI="https://crimson.seul.org/files/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="test zlib"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	media-libs/libsdl[sound,video]
-	media-libs/sdl-mixer
-	media-libs/sdl-ttf
-	media-libs/sdl-net
-	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	dev-libs/libxslt
-	test? (
-		app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
-		dev-libs/libxml2
-	)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	econf \
-		--enable-sound \
-		--enable-network \
-		$(use_with zlib) \
-		--enable-cfed \
-		--enable-bi2cf \
-		--enable-comet \
-		--enable-cf2bmp
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake \
-		DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		pixmapsdir="/usr/share/pixmaps" \
-		install
-	einstalldocs
-	rm -rf "${ED}/usr/share/applications"
-	make_desktop_entry crimson "Crimson Fields"
-}
diff --git a/games-strategy/crimson/metadata.xml b/games-strategy/crimson/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c3ba213c494a..0000000000000
--- a/games-strategy/crimson/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="project">
-	<email>games@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Gentoo Games Project</name>
-</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index e5da27a42254e..70e4b4a2a824c 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ games-puzzle/hangman
 games-puzzle/scramble
 games-puzzle/zaz
 games-simulation/cannonsmash
-games-strategy/crimson
 
 # Leonardo Hernández Hernández <leohdz172@proton.me> (2024-07-07)
 # New major ffmpeg version. Tracker bug #928905.