diff --git a/games-board/scid/Manifest b/games-board/scid/Manifest
index 7c855cca0ffb1..346bf0440fe18 100644
--- a/games-board/scid/Manifest
+++ b/games-board/scid/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST scid-4.7.0_x64_linux.tar.gz 129771457 BLAKE2B 65ad7b58685a498954ebcf5216287216e2d2805bf0379784195b096c9eb04b333a8bbfb6c020c321b66c63d7bad2cfba724750b4d26f8172f620047219f98a73 SHA512 c9fb6f19741d60fe4952c643240f7e2eaa476eab35379c0a053b35217fe7a4b9ecfbc68edc45df4c9a2354babe8e0ddd2211db014d5396ce9bbb59db531c1179
 DIST scid-5.0.2.zip 15661705 BLAKE2B 7d514d0e83b34a873e3c375fc14b83b76df30d7051139a230e82feb21ec7a53308b63a5b5f2ce336443a743014a4f2830dae6bfb9c116b66645aa61d6a67ef6f SHA512 0ccf3833ddc942e0577b5316089019098ba903ecbce011e83e0bf30efcf45fb48bdceb1309160c65bb0fc69696301b00df8d777e860bf31efa44e4aa330e2477
-DIST scid-code-4.7.0.zip 15782104 BLAKE2B f1b927a1b23478d2e27a098e2ec99acb9a2061c373686cfcfa14ac219a1dce47468c3e46b3fe786655792177c86180bbe8e1dc91927b3ad2a80ea9b0bdb17fd3 SHA512 3c43fb8877da4a8dda9c99b1b856fe3f3840c7013041d53c31c8411ecf2e9ccbaf3b7c098e35cb23f5d0d7cac6b7514ca3bfb719fcbc111f5e1ef07f765f2708
diff --git a/games-board/scid/metadata.xml b/games-board/scid/metadata.xml
index a1736cbc30a51..c850047766883 100644
--- a/games-board/scid/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-board/scid/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 		<name>Gentoo Games Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="photos">Install collection of player photos (large)</flag>
 		<flag name="scripts">Install additional python and tcl utility scripts</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/games-board/scid/scid-4.7.0-r1.ebuild b/games-board/scid/scid-4.7.0-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f3a0ec0d84b75..0000000000000
--- a/games-board/scid/scid-4.7.0-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..12} )
-inherit cmake desktop optfeature python-single-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Shane's Chess Information Database"
-HOMEPAGE="https://scid.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/scid/${PN}-code-${PV}.zip
-	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/scid/${P}_x64_linux.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
-IUSE="photos scripts test"
-REQUIRED_USE="scripts? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-COMMON_DEPEND="
-	dev-lang/tcl:=
-	dev-lang/tk"
-RDEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-tcltk/tkimg
-	scripts? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-DEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	test? ( dev-cpp/gtest )"
-BDEPEND="
-	app-arch/unzip
-	scripts? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.6.2-pgnfix-python3.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-system-gtest.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-tcl-start-path.patch
-)
-
-HTML_DOCS=( help/. )
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	use scripts && python-single-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	cmake_src_prepare
-
-	if use scripts; then
-		python_fix_shebang scripts/pgnfix.py
-
-		# cmake build doesn't use "tkscid" anymore but scripts still do
-		sed -i s/tkscid/scid/ scripts/*.tcl || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share
-		-DGTEST=$(usex test)
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	"${BUILD_DIR}"/gtest/scid_tests || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	cmake_src_install
-
-	dobin "${BUILD_DIR}"/{phalanx-scid,scid,scidlet}
-
-	if use scripts; then
-		local script
-		# install same set of scripts as pre-cmake
-		for script in pgnfix.py {sc_{epgn,spell,eco,import},scidpgn,spliteco,spf2spi}.tcl sc_remote.tk; do
-			newbin scripts/${script} ${script%.*}
-		done
-	fi
-
-	insinto /usr/share/scid
-	doins scid{,_es,_fr}.eco "${WORKDIR}"/${P}/spelling.ssp
-	use photos && doins -r "${WORKDIR}"/${P}/photos
-
-	newicon resources/svg/scid_app.svg scid.svg
-	make_desktop_entry scid Scid
-
-	# delete re-located files
-	rm -r "${ED}"/usr/share/{bin,scid/{scid,scripts}} || die
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	optfeature "speech support" dev-tcltk/snack
-
-	if [[ ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]] && ver_test ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} -lt 4.7; then
-		elog
-		elog "Warning: this version uses ~/.scid4.7 and is incompatible with older ~/.scid"
-		elog
-	fi
-}