diff --git a/dev-libs/newt/Manifest b/dev-libs/newt/Manifest
index 9bd5a3ee96ecc..9d697abdd0020 100644
--- a/dev-libs/newt/Manifest
+++ b/dev-libs/newt/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST newt-0.52.24.tar.gz 128895 BLAKE2B fff7b3831f53a33b2d4f009fae0eb5603aef79c50f89e7f7179b80be837db35e44ecc860e4dc85e46195a59a87c12b2feae2ab043bef2fee0ea35a6efeded474 SHA512 999d8109dd3d74d04e813e84dc2e348278016dce7a678a1566197cf8fbc87810257b8a29fa766d29d48dc18bf4e1508b022460f15503fb6d029b3a05528b50be
 DIST newt-0.52.25.tar.gz 128961 BLAKE2B b6590de2c8c7d51cf737308cfd78751c67d83a20e49a033463635daf7abbc19f5e53641de7bbf1c8b1f3e289f2d06ba145c5ac1cfe9a1b848a111a6a8500ec09 SHA512 5507cf32d35976a084d083cfb0563d0767a80ee280e222c029de6c64248e435aef170df2481999cece2dd1f727d9b353814d298219e0f6fb6c8fac20176fa97a
diff --git a/dev-libs/newt/files/newt-0.52.21-python-sitedir.patch b/dev-libs/newt/files/newt-0.52.21-python-sitedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b535b683cd45..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/newt/files/newt-0.52.21-python-sitedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-It is not specified whether the python sitedir is located within the native
-ABI's $libdir folder. This breaks Gentoo's py3.7 and 3.8 installations.
-
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@
- 	ln -sf $(LIBNEWTSH) $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)/$(LIBNEWTSONAME)
- 	[ -n "$(WHIPTCLSO)" ] && install -m 755 whiptcl.$(SOEXT) $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir) || :
- 	[ -n "$(PYTHONVERS)" ] && for ver in $(PYTHONVERS) ; do \
--	   [ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)/$$ver/site-packages ] || install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)/$$ver/site-packages ;\
--	   install -m 755 $$ver/_snack.$(SOEXT) $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)/$$ver/site-packages ;\
--	   install -m 644 snack.py $(DESTDIR)/$(libdir)/$$ver/site-packages ;\
-+	   [ -d $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHON_SITEDIR) ] || install -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHON_SITEDIR) ;\
-+	   install -m 755 $$ver/_snack.$(SOEXT) $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHON_SITEDIR) ;\
-+	   install -m 644 snack.py $(DESTDIR)/$(PYTHON_SITEDIR) ;\
- 	done || :
- 
- Makefile: configure.ac
diff --git a/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.24-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.24-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de76f9696750..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.24-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +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} )
-
-inherit autotools python-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-MY_PV="r$(ver_rs 1- -)"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Redhat's Newt windowing toolkit development files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://pagure.io/newt"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/mlichvar/newt/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86"
-IUSE="gpm nls tcl"
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	>=dev-libs/popt-1.6
-	=sys-libs/slang-2*
-	gpm? ( sys-libs/gpm )
-	tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.5:0 )
-	"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="sys-devel/gettext"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.52.23-gold.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.52.21-python-sitedir.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.52.24-c99-fix.patch
-)
-
-S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	sed -i Makefile.in \
-		-e 's|-g -o|$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o|g' \
-		-e 's|-shared -o|$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) &|g' \
-		-e 's|instroot|DESTDIR|g' \
-		-e 's|	make |	$(MAKE) |g' \
-		-e "s|	ar |	$(tc-getAR) |g" \
-		|| die "sed Makefile.in"
-
-	if [[ -n ${LINGUAS} ]]; then
-		local lang langs
-		for lang in ${LINGUAS}; do
-			test -r po/${lang}.po && langs="${langs} ${lang}.po"
-		done
-		sed -i po/Makefile \
-			-e "/^CATALOGS = /cCATALOGS = ${langs}" \
-			|| die "sed po/Makefile"
-	fi
-
-	default
-	eautoreconf
-
-	# can't build out-of-source
-	python_copy_sources
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	configuring() {
-		econf \
-			PYTHONVERS="${PYTHON}" \
-			$(use_with gpm gpm-support) \
-			$(use_with tcl) \
-			$(use_enable nls)
-	}
-	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir configuring
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	building() {
-		emake PYTHONVERS="${EPYTHON}"
-	}
-	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir building
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	installit() {
-		emake \
-			DESTDIR="${D}" \
-			PYTHON_SITEDIR="$(python_get_sitedir)" \
-			PYTHONVERS="${EPYTHON}" \
-			install
-		python_optimize
-	}
-	python_foreach_impl run_in_build_dir installit
-	dodoc peanuts.py popcorn.py tutorial.sgml
-	doman whiptail.1
-	einstalldocs
-
-	# don't want static archives
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/libnewt.a || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.25.ebuild b/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.25.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 66b2a37ab98f4..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/newt/newt-0.52.25.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
-
-inherit autotools python-r1 toolchain-funcs
-
-MY_PV="r$(ver_rs 1- -)"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Redhat's Newt windowing toolkit development files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://pagure.io/newt"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/mlichvar/newt/archive/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="gpm nls tcl"
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	>=dev-libs/popt-1.6
-	=sys-libs/slang-2*
-	gpm? ( sys-libs/gpm )
-	tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.5:0 )
-	"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="sys-devel/gettext"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.52.23-gold.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.52.24-c99-fix.patch
-)
-
-S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	sed -i Makefile.in \
-		-e 's|-g -o|$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o|g' \
-		-e 's|-shared -o|$(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) &|g' \
-		-e 's|instroot|DESTDIR|g' \
-		-e 's|	make |	$(MAKE) |g' \
-		-e "s|	ar |	$(tc-getAR) |g" \
-		|| die "sed Makefile.in"
-
-	if [[ -n ${LINGUAS} ]]; then
-		local lang langs
-		for lang in ${LINGUAS}; do
-			test -r po/${lang}.po && langs="${langs} ${lang}.po"
-		done
-		sed -i po/Makefile \
-			-e "/^CATALOGS = /cCATALOGS = ${langs}" \
-			|| die "sed po/Makefile"
-	fi
-
-	default
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local versions=
-	getversions() {
-		versions+="${EPYTHON} "
-	}
-	python_foreach_impl getversions
-
-	econf \
-		--with-python="${versions}" \
-		$(use_with gpm gpm-support) \
-		$(use_with tcl) \
-		$(use_enable nls)
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake \
-		DESTDIR="${D}" \
-		install
-	python_foreach_impl python_optimize
-
-	dodoc peanuts.py popcorn.py tutorial.sgml
-	doman whiptail.1
-	einstalldocs
-
-	# don't want static archives
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/libnewt.a || die
-}