diff --git a/profiles/arch.list b/profiles/arch.list
index 3f007da08d96..e693088edd75 100644
--- a/profiles/arch.list
+++ b/profiles/arch.list
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ x86
 
 # Prefix keywords
 arm64-macos
-x86-macos
 x64-macos
 x64-solaris
diff --git a/profiles/arches.desc b/profiles/arches.desc
index 46c7271c6fd8..056b77ee086f 100644
--- a/profiles/arches.desc
+++ b/profiles/arches.desc
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ x86		stable
 
 # Prefix keywords
 arm64-macos	testing
-x86-macos	testing
 x64-macos	testing
 x64-solaris	testing
 
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/eapi b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/eapi
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ed6ff82de6b..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/eapi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/make.defaults b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/make.defaults
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fd08b523f6e..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/make.defaults
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-ARCH="x86-macos"
-ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86-macos"
-
-CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2"
-
-# multilib build stuff, single ABI (no multilib)
-MULTILIB_ABIS="x86"
-DEFAULT_ABI="x86"
-ABI="x86"
-IUSE_IMPLICIT="abi_x86_32"
-LIBDIR_x86="lib"
-# figure out automatically what is the best to use
-CFLAGS="-march=native"
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.mask b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.mask
deleted file mode 100644
index 5930472f1b1c..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.mask
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# All the Mac OS X profiles inherit from their matching arch profile here.
-
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.use.force b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.use.force
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ded76ad8abd..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/package.use.force
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.force b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.force
deleted file mode 100644
index abc39335ace6..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.force
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# Force the flag corresponding to the default ABI
-x86-macos
-abi_x86_32
diff --git a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.mask b/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.mask
deleted file mode 100644
index e2603bddf883..000000000000
--- a/profiles/prefix/darwin/macos/arch/x86/use.mask
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# Unmask the flag corresponding to the default ABI
--x86-macos
--abi_x86_32