diff --git a/app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r1.ebuild b/app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r2.ebuild
similarity index 60%
rename from app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r1.ebuild
rename to app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r2.ebuild
index e2c6713aa4ab5..0d7e7075dff99 100644
--- a/app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-i18n/kakasi/kakasi-2.3.6-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="7"
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit autotools flag-o-matic
 
 DESCRIPTION="Converts Japanese text between kanji, kana, and romaji"
 HOMEPAGE="http://kakasi.namazu.org/"
-SRC_URI="http://${PN}.namazu.org/stable/${P}.tar.xz"
+SRC_URI="http://kakasi.namazu.org/stable/${P}.tar.xz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
-IUSE="l10n_ja static-libs"
+IUSE="l10n_ja"
 
-DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog {,O}NEWS README{,-ja} THANKS TODO doc/{ChangeLog.lib,JISYO,README.lib} )
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/gettext"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.3.6-configure-clang16.patch
@@ -23,21 +23,20 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
-	# Clang 16 patch
-	eautoreconf
+	eautoreconf # for clang16.patch
 
-	# for gcc-15 (bug #944244)
-	append-cflags -std=gnu17
+	append-cflags -std=gnu17 # gcc15 (bug #944244)
 }
 
 src_install() {
 	default
-	einstalldocs
-	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-	use static-libs || find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
+	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog {,O}NEWS README{,-ja} THANKS TODO
+	dodoc doc/{ChangeLog.lib,JISYO,README.lib}
 
 	if use l10n_ja; then
 		iconv -f EUC-JP -t UTF-8 man/${PN}.1.ja > man/${PN}.ja.1
 		doman man/${PN}.ja.1
 	fi
+
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
 }