diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
index 4fd2bce5c130a..b7f4a50317bae 100644
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
+++ b/sys-auth/elogind/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST elogind-252.9.tar.gz 1922777 BLAKE2B dd566125e407b3479a44b007890f97c9c87a325b3fed2d3505499d2163f113affd998e14b1c1fc50b9b86b0d155b51dae344dcc1cddafb6a48c631d0a0f00c9a SHA512 eed620cbc2f03bfeae6a80c9a421c21d3293fa40adffb96c7e4d86508c06712041f6623fb2bac15ecbb85faca4b5674ea6423b3067840809fb27d023fd9e5ffd
 DIST elogind-255.17.tar.gz 2183733 BLAKE2B d7d239e8ff946ed430df6245dba548fc39e7c9663b0cbcecbbf338fe9a13083f7143ddf34e493969dc183b17c3c986bf137bc8a8ce549c5bf10b73029fa7a8e7 SHA512 fb86f9d627792bbd1ab42e54345b2b670c073a077f65cdf860053ab0811c0892807c4f971820d7e703f7daa01f398cbd2dfb50ccdfc83cec1467308f7a4c2090
-DIST elogind-255.5.tar.gz 2127126 BLAKE2B 395352fc24bc815d1e39c2d5722eb09c2e3378873e2ea4173d8c209cd66c28a9b94ebe62ab3efbd5dccd822d99b86a6c1a871620adefb1215cb6d4ceee78a9f9 SHA512 dd9494062ef18c3c4cddbaf70b394bf90f6da3ce49f85312e99eabde54b2fcdb5cfdde1bcbaa661031afc72853e9b138dae336e1caed72e927bfd61c8cb22895
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-255.5-r2.ebuild b/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-255.5-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 2094c1576dbfe..0000000000000
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/elogind-255.5-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
-	EGIT_BRANCH="v255-stable"
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/elogind/elogind.git"
-	inherit git-r3
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/${PN}/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-fi
-
-inherit eapi9-ver linux-info meson pam python-any-r1 udev xdg-utils
-
-DESCRIPTION="The systemd project's logind, extracted to a standalone package"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/elogind/elogind"
-
-LICENSE="CC0-1.0 LGPL-2.1+ public-domain"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+acl audit cgroup-hybrid debug doc +pam +policykit selinux test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.2
-	app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.5
-	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
-	dev-util/gperf
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
-	$(python_gen_any_dep 'dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
-"
-DEPEND="
-	audit? ( sys-process/audit )
-	sys-apps/util-linux
-	sys-libs/libcap
-	virtual/libudev:=
-	acl? ( sys-apps/acl )
-	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
-	selinux? ( sys-libs/libselinux )
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!sys-apps/systemd
-"
-PDEPEND="
-	sys-apps/dbus
-	policykit? ( sys-auth/polkit )
-"
-
-DOCS=( README.md )
-
-PATCHES=(
-	# all downstream patches:
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-252.9-nodocs.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-part-revert-header-cleanup.patch" # bug 939673
-	# See also:
-	# https://github.com/elogind/elogind/issues/285
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-revert-s2idle.patch" # bug 939042
-	# See also: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/10103
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-fchmod_and_chown-tty.patch" # thx to Devuan
-)
-
-python_check_deps() {
-	python_has_version "dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
-	python_has_version "dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	local CONFIG_CHECK="~CGROUPS ~EPOLL ~INOTIFY_USER ~SIGNALFD ~TIMERFD"
-
-	use kernel_linux && linux-info_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	xdg_environment_reset
-
-	# don't cleanup /dev/shm/ on logout on logout
-	# https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=949698
-	sed -e "s/#RemoveIPC=yes/RemoveIPC=no/" \
-		-i src/login/logind.conf.in || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	if use cgroup-hybrid; then
-		cgroupmode="hybrid"
-	else
-		cgroupmode="unified"
-	fi
-
-	python_setup
-
-	EMESON_BUILDTYPE="$(usex debug debug release)"
-
-	local emesonargs=(
-		-Ddocdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
-		-Dhtmldir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html"
-		-Dudevrulesdir="${EPREFIX}$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
-		--libexecdir="lib/elogind"
-		--localstatedir="${EPREFIX}"/var
-		-Dbashcompletiondir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
-		-Dman=auto
-		-Dsmack=true
-		-Dcgroup-controller=openrc
-		-Ddefault-hierarchy=${cgroupmode}
-		-Ddefault-kill-user-processes=false
-		-Dacl=$(usex acl enabled disabled)
-		-Daudit=$(usex audit enabled disabled)
-		-Dhtml=$(usex doc auto disabled)
-		-Dpam=$(usex pam enabled disabled)
-		-Dpamlibdir="$(getpam_mod_dir)"
-		-Dselinux=$(usex selinux enabled disabled)
-		-Dtests=$(usex test true false)
-		-Dutmp=$(usex elibc_musl false true)
-		-Dmode=release
-
-		# Ensure consistency between merged-usr and split-usr (bug 945965)
-		-Dhalt-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/halt"
-		-Dkexec-path="${EPREFIX}/usr/sbin/kexec"
-		-Dnologin-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/nologin"
-		-Dpoweroff-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/poweroff"
-		-Dreboot-path="${EPREFIX}/sbin/reboot"
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	meson_src_install
-	keepdir /var/lib/elogind
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init-r1 ${PN}
-
-	newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.conf ${PN}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	udev_reload
-	if ! use pam; then
-		ewarn "${PN} will not be managing user logins/seats without USE=\"pam\"!"
-		ewarn "In other words, it will be useless for most applications."
-		ewarn
-	fi
-	if ! use policykit; then
-		ewarn "loginctl will not be able to perform privileged operations without"
-		ewarn "USE=\"policykit\"! That means e.g. no suspend or hibernate."
-		ewarn
-	fi
-	if [[ "$(rc-config list boot | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
-		elog "elogind is currently started from boot runlevel."
-	elif [[ "$(rc-config list default | grep elogind)" != "" ]]; then
-		ewarn "elogind is currently started from default runlevel."
-		ewarn "Please remove elogind from the default runlevel and"
-		ewarn "add it to the boot runlevel by:"
-		ewarn "# rc-update del elogind default"
-		ewarn "# rc-update add elogind boot"
-	else
-		elog "elogind is currently not started from any runlevel."
-		elog "You may add it to the boot runlevel by:"
-		elog "# rc-update add elogind boot"
-		elog
-		elog "Alternatively, you can leave elogind out of any"
-		elog "runlevel. It will then be started automatically"
-		if use pam; then
-			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus, or"
-			elog "the first user logs into the system."
-		else
-			elog "when the first service calls it via dbus."
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	if ver_replacing -lt 252.9; then
-		elog "Starting with release 252.9 the sleep configuration is now done"
-		elog "in the /etc/elogind/sleep.conf. Should you use non-default sleep"
-		elog "configuration remember to migrate those to new configuration file."
-	fi
-
-	local file files
-	# find custom hooks excluding known (nvidia-drivers, sys-power/tlp)
-	if [[ -d "${EROOT}"/$(get_libdir)/elogind/system-sleep ]]; then
-		readarray -t files < <(find "${EROOT}"/$(get_libdir)/elogind/system-sleep/ \
-			-type f \( -not -iname ".keep_dir" -a \
-				-not -iname "nvidia" -a \
-				-not -iname "49-tlp-sleep" \) || die)
-	fi
-	if [[ ${#files[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
-		ewarn "*** Custom hooks in obsolete path detected ***"
-		for file in "${files[@]}"; do
-			ewarn "    ${file}"
-		done
-		ewarn "Move these custom hooks to ${EROOT}/etc/elogind/system-sleep/ instead."
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	udev_reload
-}
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-no-fchmod_and_chown-tty.patch b/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-no-fchmod_and_chown-tty.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a88c8d27c837..0000000000000
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-no-fchmod_and_chown-tty.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 04354be1094d2010349700932327aa5cb965fc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>
-Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 18:37:54 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Don't chown and chmod tty on VT reset.
-
-Elogind doesn't allocate VTs and shouldn't change those setup by login(1).
-
-Fixes: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/10103
----
- src/basic/terminal-util.c | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
---- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
-+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
-@@ -1487,12 +1487,14 @@
-                         q = -errno;
-         }
- 
-+#if 0 /// UNNEEDED by elogind
-         r = fchmod_and_chown(fd, TTY_MODE, 0, GID_INVALID);
-         if (r < 0) {
-                 log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to chmod()/chown() VT, ignoring: %m");
-                 if (q >= 0)
-                         q = r;
-         }
-+#endif // 0
- 
-         return q;
- }
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-part-revert-header-cleanup.patch b/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-part-revert-header-cleanup.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 385042792cdd5..0000000000000
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-part-revert-header-cleanup.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-From fe9e67ac72039cf5482a1f40b4b3016610ac84b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
-Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:04:16 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Partially revert "Comment out all unused includes in shared/"
-
-Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/939673
-
-This reverts commit e1827812fc8f5b9a1aab6ed9bc056df0a2c74c48.
----
- src/shared/reboot-util.c | 8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/shared/reboot-util.c b/src/shared/reboot-util.c
-index 079db294a..c5eba45cb 100644
---- a/src/shared/reboot-util.c
-+++ b/src/shared/reboot-util.c
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
- /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
- 
- #include <errno.h>
--//#include <stdint.h>
--//#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-+#include <stdint.h>
-+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #include <sys/mman.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- 
-@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
- #endif
- 
- #include "alloc-util.h"
--//#include "errno-util.h"
--//#include "fd-util.h"
-+#include "errno-util.h"
-+#include "fd-util.h"
- #include "fileio.h"
- #include "log.h"
- //#include "proc-cmdline.h"
--- 
-2.47.0
-
diff --git a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-revert-s2idle.patch b/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-revert-s2idle.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a429d374729b5..0000000000000
--- a/sys-auth/elogind/files/elogind-255.5-revert-s2idle.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-From 2b522bb0cd3872107335459d82b92f73f6a50bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:43:16 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "Re-Add sleep mode configuration"
-
-This reverts commit 7707a30dfb2496a4c9c5939f0dd8bb39baebfecd.
----
- src/shared/sleep-config.c | 8 --------
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/shared/sleep-config.c b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-index 053e908e6..5ddcb006f 100644
---- a/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-+++ b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ static char* const* const sleep_default_state_table[_SLEEP_OPERATION_CONFIG_MAX]
- };
- 
- static char* const* const sleep_default_mode_table[_SLEEP_OPERATION_CONFIG_MAX] = {
--#if 0 /// elogind supports suspend modes (deep s2idle) so we need defaults, too
-         /* Not used by SLEEP_SUSPEND */
--#else // 0
--        [SLEEP_SUSPEND]      = STRV_MAKE("s2idle", "deep"),
--#endif // 0
-         [SLEEP_HIBERNATE]    = STRV_MAKE("platform", "shutdown"),
-         [SLEEP_HYBRID_SLEEP] = STRV_MAKE("suspend"),
- };
-@@ -172,11 +168,7 @@ int parse_sleep_config(SleepConfig **ret) {
-                 { "Sleep", "AllowHybridSleep",          config_parse_tristate,    0,               &allow_hybrid_sleep          },
- 
-                 { "Sleep", "SuspendState",              config_parse_strv,        0,               sc->states + SLEEP_SUSPEND   },
--#if 0 /// elogind does support suspend modes
-                 { "Sleep", "SuspendMode",               config_parse_warn_compat, DISABLED_LEGACY, NULL                         },
--#else // 0
--                { "Sleep", "SuspendMode",               config_parse_sleep_mode,  0,               sc->modes + SLEEP_SUSPEND    },
--#endif // 0
- 
-                 { "Sleep", "HibernateState",            config_parse_warn_compat, DISABLED_LEGACY, NULL                         },
-                 { "Sleep", "HibernateMode",             config_parse_sleep_mode,  0,               sc->modes + SLEEP_HIBERNATE  },
--- 
-2.47.0
-
-
-From 10a451df4259113738f0839e09041742dd8ccbc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
-Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:47:19 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "Re-add elogind additions to sleep.conf loading
- and split those into sleep.donf.d/10-elogind.conf"
-
-This reverts commit c5e7ba0c47ae95e2cf6fd48dc9353e8f333200c4.
----
- src/shared/sleep-config.c |  9 ---------
- src/sleep/10-elogind.conf | 22 ----------------------
- src/sleep/meson.build     |  4 ----
- src/sleep/sleep.conf      |  9 +++++++++
- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
- delete mode 100644 src/sleep/10-elogind.conf
-
-diff --git a/src/shared/sleep-config.c b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-index 5ddcb006f..097c203ca 100644
---- a/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-+++ b/src/shared/sleep-config.c
-@@ -153,15 +153,6 @@ int parse_sleep_config(SleepConfig **ret) {
- #endif // 0
- 
-         const ConfigTableItem items[] = {
--#if 1 /// Additional options for elogind
--                { "Sleep", "AllowPowerOffInterrupts",     config_parse_bool, 0, &sc->allow_poweroff_interrupts },
--                { "Sleep", "BroadcastPowerOffInterrupts", config_parse_bool, 0, &sc->broadcast_poweroff_interrupts },
--                { "Sleep", "AllowSuspendInterrupts",      config_parse_bool, 0, &sc->allow_suspend_interrupts },
--                { "Sleep", "BroadcastSuspendInterrupts",  config_parse_bool, 0, &sc->broadcast_suspend_interrupts },
--                { "Sleep", "HandleNvidiaSleep",           config_parse_bool, 0, &sc->handle_nvidia_sleep },
--                { "Sleep", "SuspendByUsing",              config_parse_strv, 0, &sc->suspend_by_using },
--                { "Sleep", "HibernateByUsing",            config_parse_strv, 0, &sc->hibernate_by_using },
--#endif // 1
-                 { "Sleep", "AllowSuspend",              config_parse_tristate,    0,               &allow_suspend               },
-                 { "Sleep", "AllowHibernation",          config_parse_tristate,    0,               &allow_hibernate             },
-                 { "Sleep", "AllowSuspendThenHibernate", config_parse_tristate,    0,               &allow_s2h                   },
-diff --git a/src/sleep/10-elogind.conf b/src/sleep/10-elogind.conf
-deleted file mode 100644
-index b8b3350b1..000000000
---- a/src/sleep/10-elogind.conf
-+++ /dev/null
-@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
--#  This file is part of elogind.
--#
--#  elogind is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
--#  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
--#  Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
--#  any later version.
--#
--# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults specific to eloging.
--# Local configuration should be created here with a higher leading number so
--# they are parsed later overriding the defaults.
--#
--# See sleep.conf(5) for details.
--
--[Sleep]
--#AllowPowerOffInterrupts=no
--#AllowSuspendInterrupts=no
--#BroadcastPowerOffInterrupts=yes
--#BroadcastSuspendInterrupts=yes
--#HandleNvidiaSleep=no
--#HibernateByUsing=
--#SuspendByUsing=
--#SuspendMode=s2idle deep
-diff --git a/src/sleep/meson.build b/src/sleep/meson.build
-index c711a1b5c..3b06a6e91 100644
---- a/src/sleep/meson.build
-+++ b/src/sleep/meson.build
-@@ -28,8 +28,4 @@ sleep_files = files(
- if install_sysconfdir_samples
-         install_data('sleep.conf',
-                      install_dir : pkgconfigfiledir)
--#if 1 /// elogind comes with a first drop-in representing its defaults
--        install_data('10-elogind.conf',
--                     install_dir : pkgconfigfiledir / 'sleep.conf.d' )
--#endif // 1
- endif
-diff --git a/src/sleep/sleep.conf b/src/sleep/sleep.conf
-index ea048892b..b71790711 100644
---- a/src/sleep/sleep.conf
-+++ b/src/sleep/sleep.conf
-@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@
- #HibernateMode=platform shutdown
- #HibernateDelaySec=
- #SuspendEstimationSec=60min
-+
-+# elogind additions
-+#AllowPowerOffInterrupts=no
-+#BroadcastPowerOffInterrupts=yes
-+#AllowSuspendInterrupts=no
-+#BroadcastSuspendInterrupts=yes
-+#SuspendByUsing=
-+#HibernateByUsing=
-+#HandleNvidiaSleep=no
--- 
-2.47.0
-