diff --git a/media-radio/js8call/Manifest b/media-radio/js8call/Manifest
index 16cbbbde1d37f..dd6883ca73245 100644
--- a/media-radio/js8call/Manifest
+++ b/media-radio/js8call/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST js8call-2.3.1.tar.gz 15670385 BLAKE2B c3fb4b837b34ecff2b2ddfd63d28e91c7a60f1fcf0edc59d88ddbbf26db7400e3d50e5264159ccb73faa30e037b33e13087981620d2b15b11f1e0785d4d18606 SHA512 b3e18d7092b28092aa91f831dea397b4acd6a644fdd3b862c0137aac6c0059a4c389c75287a0cab6b43bf9f4e654a9bc29355e36a99504afa178de52f726007f
 DIST js8call-2.5.2.tar.gz 15217726 BLAKE2B 84846765d032926c297f88aa7b6b40ac097c9646aaaa0d88d170dcde8e4ef61b7b873234c2cebd3ee63de5a1df95ac153bbceca0c57920db315c2da3e237b048 SHA512 8d5eac332298838fa43c349e791562f13ee2962721269140928abafc6074a736520c31c6bbb04f274707c475ea30144a01a3f22773926aec04b55c9dd6d2721c
diff --git a/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-fix-logging-time.patch b/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-fix-logging-time.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aa590f55882c..0000000000000
--- a/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-fix-logging-time.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# Backported from actual development code on github
-From 2f99f5898492871155aecdc0c7ca37911c50b591 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Andreas=20Kr=C3=BCger?= <dj3ei@famsik.de>
-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:39:53 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Logging time always needs UTC, fix suggested by Joe K0OG
-
-See https://github.com/js8call/js8call/issues/37#issuecomment-3132750504 .
----
- logqso.ui | 6 ++++++
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/logqso.ui b/logqso.ui
-index 9b2fefd6..37502e52 100644
---- a/logqso.ui
-+++ b/logqso.ui
-@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
-                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-               </sizepolicy>
-              </property>
-+             <property name="TimeSpec">
-+              <enum>Qt::UTC</enum>
-+             </property>
-              <property name="displayFormat">
-               <string>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</string>
-              </property>
-@@ -219,6 +222,9 @@
-                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-               </sizepolicy>
-              </property>
-+             <property name="TimeSpec">
-+              <enum>Qt::UTC</enum>
-+             </property>
-              <property name="displayFormat">
-               <string>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</string>
-              </property>
diff --git a/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-qt692-audio.patch b/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-qt692-audio.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c2bdb57e7604..0000000000000
--- a/media-radio/js8call/files/js8call-2.3.1-qt692-audio.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# Fixes missing audio output for pulseaudio with >=qt-6.9.2
-# Cherry picked from https://github.com/bazineta/js8call
-From c90ca32143352ec3b55a9779e75b42edc4584edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Allan Bazinet <allan.bazinet@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 11:15:36 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] Make Modulator::bytesAvailable() universal
-
-As all platforms seem to now require a Modulator::bytesAvailable() override, remove the Windows platform guard from it. Properly decorate the accessor with `override`.
----
- Modulator.hpp | 15 +++++++++------
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Modulator.hpp b/Modulator.hpp
-index d4bb4ae6..de199aca 100644
---- a/Modulator.hpp
-+++ b/Modulator.hpp
-@@ -74,15 +74,18 @@ class Modulator final
-     return -1;			// we don't consume data
-   }
- 
--#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
--// On Windows, bytesAvailable() must return a size that exceeds some threshold 
--// in order for the AudioSink to go into Active state and start pulling data.
--// See: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-108672
--  qint64 bytesAvailable() const
-+  // In current Qt versions, bytesAvailable() must return a size
-+  // that exceeds some threshold in order for the AudioSink to go
-+  // into Active state and start pulling data. This behavior began
-+  // on Windows with the 6.4 release, on Mac with 6.8, and on Linux
-+  // with 6.9.
-+  //
-+  // See: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-108672
-+
-+  qint64 bytesAvailable() const override
-   {
-     return 8000;
-   }
--#endif
- 
- private:
- 
diff --git a/media-radio/js8call/js8call-2.3.1-r2.ebuild b/media-radio/js8call/js8call-2.3.1-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 44bb4549164c5..0000000000000
--- a/media-radio/js8call/js8call-2.3.1-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-inherit cmake
-
-MY_P=${P/_/-}
-
-DESCRIPTION="Weak signal ham radio communication"
-HOMEPAGE="https://groups.io/g/js8call"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-qt/qtbase:6[gui,network,widgets]
-	dev-qt/qtmultimedia:6
-	dev-qt/qtserialport:6
-	dev-libs/boost:=
-	virtual/libusb:1
-	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=[threads,fortran]
-	>=media-libs/hamlib-4:= "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-qt692-audio.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-logging-time.patch" )
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-	rm "${D}"/usr/bin/rigctl{,d}-local || die
-}