diff --git a/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest b/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
index e2cf5654da2b9..7026ab3b5af1d 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
+++ b/sys-cluster/virtctl/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST kubevirt-1.7.0-deps.tar.xz 964027652 BLAKE2B aae26a9d18dcf6b37c47e01a5a658dd39376b7a8888f8bf9b9ad35de27ba5caf3ebf62d6032a2a420e2033f08e444a2efbe2d0af33fda814a2ed764352ba6ffa SHA512 8cc292924d529f5fd66e43baadc3ffe1325a2448773b0f6e00f47e5bc911493450d24cee8aa1792ca46e699176bd4e732d639e8615a1e1b5933cdd0880372ccc
-DIST kubevirt-1.7.0.tar.gz 20162690 BLAKE2B 315efb36c33460ba6ebe57731fbc4921cc8c017baa21f1b470bc7c166060118e954dcdf4e03f4bd7ff55534957d4eed4e485bfcec28eaa46d1d52ad394135303 SHA512 d177bd5597e5ce27401e48c43f259ec2d570b497739273faa5ee1269d889c4cc786e8423b78af628eb67a5d0b3f3ec6ea8c4ba809f4c6bbc3262beaed53d789b
 DIST kubevirt-1.8.0-deps.tar.xz 959954320 BLAKE2B 348c9670c1b75d4aad27a97ea6ffa3e1c1d2fafec93dec1f4a95ab91737dfaeeb5d459294a06387cbe3c9d18023ca8726cd835138e1457b236ab94f66c5cea0e SHA512 8c93584c06307c043593278d9a8ed2849c7bb4e4105f04fc9f443c7a310927914778374d5d2d93d6b0a9af198766c77fa1c6b93e109d6e9efc129fb958fbfe76
 DIST kubevirt-1.8.0.tar.gz 21014565 BLAKE2B 1ca7fbffe3908190b519a434e0d60c587a4f6a1708a6e174994fd0164812569e2a5f22238901f70bcffcf8ee040560c20030ed56539ee3d078f835d0056cee9e SHA512 d1ee611c004510b5b4b373f607ab7439e3a8aef6b3476eb2aefb4ee12a9b22cf8d7fb23da3abf4156fe47b20cec5c36f2da9cc465b1e68cd6f307f0993165eb4
diff --git a/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.7.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.7.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e0e2dca46807..0000000000000
--- a/sys-cluster/virtctl/virtctl-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit go-module optfeature shell-completion
-
-# git rev-parse HEAD
-MY_GIT_COMMIT="50b9b4d0cf1caaf56147411a1e6765134e0e82b9"
-
-MY_PN="kubevirt"
-MY_P="${MY_PN}-${PV}"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Control virtual machine related operations on your kubernetes cluster"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kubevirt.io https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/kubevirt/${MY_PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz"
-SRC_URI+=" https://dev.gentoo.org/~concord/distfiles/${MY_P}-deps.tar.xz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-LICENSE="Apache-2.0 BSD-2 BSD ISC MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-src_compile() {
-	ego build -o ./bin/virtctl -ldflags "
-		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.buildDate=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
-		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitCommit=${MY_GIT_COMMIT}
-		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitTreeState=clean
-		-X kubevirt.io/client-go/version.gitVersion=v${PV}
-		" ./cmd/virtctl
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	dobin bin/virtctl
-
-	bin/virtctl completion bash >./virtctl.bash || die "Failed generating bash completions"
-	newbashcomp ./virtctl.bash virtctl
-
-	bin/virtctl completion zsh >./virtctl.zsh || die "Failed generating zsh completions"
-	newzshcomp ./virtctl.zsh _virtctl
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	optfeature "graphical console for use with VNC connections" app-emulation/virt-viewer
-}