diff --git a/media-gfx/phototonic/Manifest b/media-gfx/phototonic/Manifest
index 0dfedaac828e4..44c0379d1cb41 100644
--- a/media-gfx/phototonic/Manifest
+++ b/media-gfx/phototonic/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST phototonic-2.1.tar.gz 488640 BLAKE2B bfbc14d06760c6f9d9244d5ed38d033a769f1eaf8116f55ea6aa5373578aa105fd28ef8e352d394939306af2ab3b617314aebc443a13f7abe9bb8be2fd0cb0cd SHA512 4789311cefa2d5a07ca5e2fd3c0530267f9ea2ffcbf6295c687db3d2aa55e0b7d91228047b2ca24590868b22ce93d0228785fcf49a105ee65c9826b0d9a8fa42
 DIST phototonic-3.0.0.tar.gz 923097 BLAKE2B c297c046122cb916bbf2bed5be16895f45720edd92313d87f9fc6e980dad51962e850ec2da403174a0b58ab0b628959bda62314d7411604305d13f14b81670d4 SHA512 7b2c8696bcdc0891c759164fc00ef51870c1b7e624b453ce7f202c5fece494041bd3eacc2d104ad208f38a77c3757f35d5ccbf921643385356f2eaa531fa1f94
diff --git a/media-gfx/phototonic/files/phototonic-2.1-exiv2-0.28.patch b/media-gfx/phototonic/files/phototonic-2.1-exiv2-0.28.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c75b628dab33..0000000000000
--- a/media-gfx/phototonic/files/phototonic-2.1-exiv2-0.28.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-From 923a3fc14de0b779a45696c5f0aef34c74d84f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
-Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 18:54:10 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with exiv2-0.28
-
-Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
----
- ImageViewer.cpp   | 9 +++++++++
- MetadataCache.cpp | 8 ++++++++
- Phototonic.cpp    | 4 ++++
- Tags.cpp          | 8 ++++++++
- ThumbsViewer.cpp  | 4 ++++
- 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/ImageViewer.cpp b/ImageViewer.cpp
-index 357d223..df3ac43 100644
---- a/ImageViewer.cpp
-+++ b/ImageViewer.cpp
-@@ -945,7 +945,11 @@ void ImageViewer::keyMoveEvent(int direction) {
- }
- 
- void ImageViewer::saveImage() {
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr image;
-+#else
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr image;
-+#endif
-     bool exifError = false;
- 
-     if (newImage) {
-@@ -985,8 +989,13 @@ void ImageViewer::saveImage() {
- }
- 
- void ImageViewer::saveImageAs() {
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr exifImage;
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr newExifImage;
-+#else
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr exifImage;
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr newExifImage;
-+#endif
-     bool exifError = false;
- 
-     setCursorHiding(false);
-diff --git a/MetadataCache.cpp b/MetadataCache.cpp
-index 524ae74..5ddd4c8 100644
---- a/MetadataCache.cpp
-+++ b/MetadataCache.cpp
-@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ void MetadataCache::clear() {
- }
- 
- bool MetadataCache::loadImageMetadata(const QString &imageFullPath) {
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr exifImage;
-+#else
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr exifImage;
-+#endif
-     QSet<QString> tags;
-     long orientation = 0;
- 
-@@ -78,7 +82,11 @@ bool MetadataCache::loadImageMetadata(const QString &imageFullPath) {
-     try {
-         Exiv2::ExifData &exifData = exifImage->exifData();
-         if (!exifData.empty()) {
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+            orientation = exifData["Exif.Image.Orientation"].value().toUint32();
-+#else
-             orientation = exifData["Exif.Image.Orientation"].value().toLong();
-+#endif
-         }
-     } catch (Exiv2::Error &error) {
-         qWarning() << "Failed to read Exif metadata";
-diff --git a/Phototonic.cpp b/Phototonic.cpp
-index 6cc95b3..bd5497d 100644
---- a/Phototonic.cpp
-+++ b/Phototonic.cpp
-@@ -3151,7 +3151,11 @@ void Phototonic::removeMetadata() {
- 
-     if (ret == MessageBox::Yes) {
-         for (int file = 0; file < fileList.size(); ++file) {
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+            Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr image;
-+#else
-             Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr image;
-+#endif
-             try {
-                 image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(fileList[file].toStdString());
-                 image->clearMetadata();
-diff --git a/Tags.cpp b/Tags.cpp
-index 84eea16..a62da9d 100644
---- a/Tags.cpp
-+++ b/Tags.cpp
-@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ void ImageTags::addTag(QString tagName, bool tagChecked) {
- 
- bool ImageTags::writeTagsToImage(QString &imageFileName, QSet<QString> &newTags) {
-     QSet<QString> imageTags;
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr exifImage;
-+#else
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr exifImage;
-+#endif
- 
-     try {
-         exifImage = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(imageFileName.toStdString());
-@@ -160,7 +164,11 @@ bool ImageTags::writeTagsToImage(QString &imageFileName, QSet<QString> &newTags)
-         QSetIterator<QString> newTagsIt(newTags);
-         while (newTagsIt.hasNext()) {
-             QString tag = newTagsIt.next();
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+            Exiv2::Value::UniquePtr value = Exiv2::Value::create(Exiv2::string);
-+#else
-             Exiv2::Value::AutoPtr value = Exiv2::Value::create(Exiv2::string);
-+#endif
-             value->read(tag.toStdString());
-             Exiv2::IptcKey key("Iptc.Application2.Keywords");
-             newIptcData.add(key, value.get());
-diff --git a/ThumbsViewer.cpp b/ThumbsViewer.cpp
-index 77a6189..4a11475 100644
---- a/ThumbsViewer.cpp
-+++ b/ThumbsViewer.cpp
-@@ -210,7 +210,11 @@ void ThumbsViewer::updateImageInfoViewer(QString imageFullPath) {
-         infoView->addEntry(key, val);
-     }
- 
-+#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
-+    Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr exifImage;
-+#else
-     Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr exifImage;
-+#endif
-     try {
-         exifImage = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(imageFullPath.toStdString());
-         exifImage->readMetadata();
--- 
-2.40.1
-
diff --git a/media-gfx/phototonic/phototonic-2.1.ebuild b/media-gfx/phototonic/phototonic-2.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e7667662223c..0000000000000
--- a/media-gfx/phototonic/phototonic-2.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit qmake-utils xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Image viewer and organizer"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic"
-
-if [[ ${PV} = *9999* ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://github.com/oferkv/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3+"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="svg tiff"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	dev-qt/qtcore:5
-	dev-qt/qtgui:5
-	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-	media-gfx/exiv2:=
-	svg? ( dev-qt/qtsvg:5 )
-	tiff? ( dev-qt/qtimageformats:5 )
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-# pending upstream: https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic/pull/274
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-exiv2-0.28.patch" ) # bug 906492
-
-src_configure() {
-	eqmake5
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake install INSTALL_ROOT="${D}"
-}