diff --git a/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28.ebuild b/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28-r1.ebuild
similarity index 79%
rename from dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28.ebuild
rename to dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28-r1.ebuild
index fb953c80a8c2e..d986fdab0534f 100644
--- a/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/desktop-file-utils-0.28-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -21,3 +21,10 @@ BDEPEND="
 "
 
 DOCS=( AUTHORS ChangeLog HACKING NEWS README )
+
+src_install() {
+	meson_src_install
+
+	# Part of app-emacs/desktop-entry-mode instead
+	rm -r "${ED}"/usr/share/emacs || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/files/50desktop-file-utils-gentoo.el b/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/files/50desktop-file-utils-gentoo.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 546947a0b374a..0000000000000
--- a/dev-util/desktop-file-utils/files/50desktop-file-utils-gentoo.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-(add-to-list 'load-path "@SITELISP@")
-(autoload 'desktop-entry-mode "desktop-entry-mode" "Desktop Entry mode" t)
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
- '("\\.desktop\\(\\.in\\)?$" . desktop-entry-mode))
-(add-hook 'desktop-entry-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)