diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
index 914a53cc830c0..f66b083b0c5d4 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST kfilemetadata-6.16.0.tar.xz 696968 BLAKE2B 69b7ffbbfdb55265e537783b3fe72dbe966113ec23ca554a435f5ab9530a6b269f32e113ff27673f96efdbd7f04e7f4468ce1cdef731563bf923180c9a09fcac SHA512 ea0772a06f022ce0d50e1994957025801875b0adef6c84e9cd4faeecabe4fae511e00874f6759ead45d201e874726e135aebbd7cd1476512446b830bd5caf6dc
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.18.0.tar.xz 702700 BLAKE2B 2f34e594c0aca4dccc3e6fde1acec4406af23b183a8d5436dd174b2147c39d24bcd45857deecd693a9bc28ba5ea9153838d9b4010213bf4df62917c32f600632 SHA512 c8648635ac02e5ef72e78d3099537c0c0253fb1068faea797f2031588aa9f056c2b1bcd6326ccd969a2834fb9011ea07dd84831ade1dda5bf6a37177be002a44
 DIST kfilemetadata-6.19.0.tar.xz 702724 BLAKE2B d1c5a2d8f1b8b60a4f03a05163df3d64c38082815fec05620cd84003e095a49e82bb2b5355edb3fadf7071aaa607bd0adda0b76b2f354f7fae156ee2fb1edbe0 SHA512 a160ac11f43e8c7c8c401802d77fb5f8259608ffec616100079cdc646fa9b9abd1e56b00bc26351fdc82dab8364ec71161d9d3a4664cac18f343ac1190237ecf
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.16.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.16.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 665a78a329dbd..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/kfilemetadata/kfilemetadata-6.16.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +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} )
-QTMIN=6.7.2
-inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org optfeature python-any-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library for extracting file metadata"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="epub exif ffmpeg mobi pdf taglib"
-
-RESTRICT="test"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,xml]
-	=kde-frameworks/karchive-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	epub? ( app-text/ebook-tools )
-	exif? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
-	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:0= )
-	mobi? ( kde-apps/kdegraphics-mobipocket:6 )
-	pdf? ( app-text/poppler[qt6(-)] )
-	taglib? ( media-libs/taglib:= )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	kernel_linux? ( sys-apps/attr )
-"
-BDEPEND="test? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# FIXME: bug 644650, fails on tmpfs (but not for everyone)
-	usermetadatawritertest
-)
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use test && python-any-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package epub EPub)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package exif LibExiv2)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package ffmpeg FFmpeg)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package mobi QMobipocket6)
-		-DENABLE_MOBIPOCKET_TEXT_EXTRACTION=OFF
-		$(cmake_use_find_package pdf Poppler)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package taglib Taglib)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
-		optfeature "Microsoft Word/Powerpoint file indexing" app-text/catdoc
-		optfeature "Microsoft Excel file indexing" dev-libs/libxls
-	fi
-}