diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/Manifest b/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 54488cbffd2ba..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST icu4c-76_1-src.tgz 27437767 BLAKE2B 67223391123d2d2c75107fc4b87510b1d8d520301a863032951b894366ec8b414692ee3fa2acd652289b0ae2f60946d71bf9ca21ed87de40825e2fd02634c658 SHA512 b702ab62fb37a1574d5f4a768326d0f8fa30d9db5b015605b5f8215b5d8547f83d84880c586d3dcc7b6c76f8d47ef34e04b0f51baa55908f737024dd79a42a6c
-DIST icu4c-76_1-src.tgz.asc 228 BLAKE2B 37a058e22da5ad122e3df6de2cb3979fa734b32e4e81d91201d2095fbf20ef2dbcba4579efab3041193e49c388d09618c965ddf082a8362aa82b694184804fa7 SHA512 c4bd81d4e98d7e37a6ba9540748c4ce1eb740d70bd689a13e2e51da76503b6e0287afd4d1cd3af4540210f37626dec998fcbd7269976cb801f238b789e604489
diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-remove-bashisms.patch b/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-remove-bashisms.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62bb3221116f9..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-remove-bashisms.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,151 +0,0 @@
---- a/config/icu-config-bottom
-+++ b/config/icu-config-bottom
-@@ -218,65 +218,65 @@
- ;;
-
- --cflags)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${CFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${CFLAGS} "
- ;;
-
- --cc)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${CC} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${CC} "
- ;;
-
- --cxx)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${CXX} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${CXX} "
- ;;
-
- --cxxflags)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${CXXFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${CXXFLAGS} "
- ;;
-
- --cppflags)
- # Don't echo the -I. - it's unneeded.
-- echo $ECHO_N "${CPPFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}" | sed -e 's/-I. //'
-+ printf "%s" "${CPPFLAGS} " | sed -e 's/-I. //'
- ;;
-
- --cppflags-searchpath)
-- echo $ECHO_N "-I${prefix}/include ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "-I${prefix}/include "
- ;;
-
- --cppflags-dynamic)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS} "
- ;;
-
- --cxxflags-dynamic)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${SHAREDLIBCXXFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${SHAREDLIBCXXFLAGS} "
- ;;
-
- --cflags-dynamic)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${SHAREDLIBCFLAGS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${SHAREDLIBCFLAGS} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-system)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${LIBS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${LIBS} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${LDFLAGS} ${ICULIBS} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${LDFLAGS} ${ICULIBS} "
- # $RPATH_LDFLAGS
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-libsonly)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${ICULIBS_I18N} ${ICULIBS_COMMON} ${ICULIBS_DATA} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${ICULIBS_I18N} ${ICULIBS_COMMON} ${ICULIBS_DATA} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-icuio)
-- echo $ECHO_N " ${ICULIBS_ICUIO} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" " ${ICULIBS_ICUIO} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-obsolete)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${ICULIBS_OBSOLETE} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${ICULIBS_OBSOLETE} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-toolutil)
-- echo $ECHO_N " ${ICULIBS_TOOLUTIL} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" " ${ICULIBS_TOOLUTIL} "
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-layout)
-@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
- ;;
-
- --ldflags-searchpath)
-- echo $ECHO_N "-L${libdir} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "-L${libdir} "
- ;;
-
- --detect-prefix)
-@@ -321,47 +321,47 @@
- ;;
-
- --shared-datadir)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${datadir} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${datadir} "
- ;;
-
- --incfile)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${pkglibdir}/Makefile.inc ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${pkglibdir}/Makefile.inc "
- ;;
-
- --incpkgdatafile)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${pkglibdir}/pkgdata.inc ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${pkglibdir}/pkgdata.inc "
- ;;
-
- --icudata)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${ICUDATA_NAME} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${ICUDATA_NAME} "
- ;;
-
- --icudata-mode)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${PKGDATA_MODE} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${PKGDATA_MODE} "
- ;;
-
- --icudata-install-dir)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${ICUPKGDATA_DIR} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${ICUPKGDATA_DIR} "
- ;;
-
- --icudatadir)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${ICUDATA_DIR} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${ICUDATA_DIR} "
- ;;
-
- --shlib-c)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${SHLIB_c} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${SHLIB_c} "
- ;;
-
- --shlib-cc)
-- echo $ECHO_N "${SHLIB_cc} ${ECHO_C}"
-+ printf "%s" "${SHLIB_cc} "
- ;;
-
- --version)
-- echo $ECHO_N $VERSION
-+ printf "%s" "$VERSION"
- ;;
-
- --unicode-version)
-- echo $ECHO_N $UNICODE_VERSION
-+ printf "%s" "$UNICODE_VERSION"
- ;;
-
- --host)
diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-undo-pkgconfig-change-for-now.patch b/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-undo-pkgconfig-change-for-now.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b99557871bc05..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/files/icu-layoutex-76.1-undo-pkgconfig-change-for-now.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/chimera-linux/cports/blob/master/main/icu/patches/pc.patch
-
-"""
-for some reason enable-shared only emits a requires.private here now and things
-underlink icu-uc libs when using other icu libs, even though the deps are correct
-this is https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/199bc827021ffdb43b6579d68e5eecf54c7f6f56 ,
-consumers probably have to be explicit about -i18n -uc use now instead of it
-being implicit, but just undo .private for now
-"""
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
-@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
- ifeq ($(ENABLE_SHARED),)
- @echo "Requires: icu-uc" >> $@
- else
-- @echo "Requires.private: icu-uc" >> $@
-+ @echo "Requires: icu-uc" >> $@
- endif
- @echo "Libs:" '-L$${libdir}' "${ICULIBS_I18N}" >> $@
- @echo $@ updated.
-@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
- ifeq ($(ENABLE_SHARED),)
- @echo "Requires: icu-i18n" >> $@
- else
-- @echo "Requires.private: icu-i18n" >> $@
-+ @echo "Requires: icu-i18n" >> $@
- endif
- @echo "Libs:" '-L$${libdir}' "${ICULIBS_IO}" >> $@
- @echo $@ updated.
-
diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/icu-layoutex-76.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/icu-layoutex-76.1-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e0aed8d009bf..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/icu-layoutex-76.1-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-# Please bump with dev-libs/icu
-VERIFY_SIG_OPENPGP_KEY_PATH=/usr/share/openpgp-keys/icu.asc
-inherit autotools multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs verify-sig
-
-MY_PV=${PV/_rc/-rc}
-MY_PV=${MY_PV//./_}
-
-DESCRIPTION="External layout part of International Components for Unicode"
-HOMEPAGE="https://icu.unicode.org/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${MY_PV/_/-}/icu4c-${MY_PV/-rc/rc}-src.tgz"
-SRC_URI+=" verify-sig? ( https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${MY_PV/_/-}/icu4c-${MY_PV/-rc/rc}-src.tgz.asc )"
-S="${WORKDIR}"/${PN/-layoutex}/source
-
-LICENSE="BSD"
-SLOT="0/${PV%.*}"
-if [[ ${PV} != *_rc* ]] ; then
- KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
-fi
-IUSE="debug static-libs test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-DEPEND="
- ~dev-libs/icu-${PV}[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
- dev-libs/icu-le-hb[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
- virtual/pkgconfig
- verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-icu-20241110 )
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
- "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-76.1-remove-bashisms.patch"
-
- # Undo change for now which exposes underlinking in consumers;
- # revisit when things are a bit quieter and tinderbox its removal.
- "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-76.1-undo-pkgconfig-change-for-now.patch"
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
- default
-
- # TODO: switch uconfig.h hacks to use uconfig_local
- #
- # Disable renaming as it assumes stable ABI and that consumers
- # won't use unofficial APIs. We need this despite the configure argument.
- sed -i \
- -e "s/#define U_DISABLE_RENAMING 0/#define U_DISABLE_RENAMING 1/" \
- common/unicode/uconfig.h || die
- #
- # ODR violations, experimental API
- sed -i \
- -e "s/# define UCONFIG_NO_MF2 0/#define UCONFIG_NO_MF2 1/" \
- common/unicode/uconfig.h || die
-
- # Fix linking of icudata
- sed -i \
- -e "s:LDFLAGSICUDT=-nodefaultlibs -nostdlib:LDFLAGSICUDT=:" \
- config/mh-linux || die
-
- eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
- MAKEOPTS+=" VERBOSE=1"
-
- if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
- mkdir "${WORKDIR}"/host || die
- pushd "${WORKDIR}"/host >/dev/null || die
-
- CFLAGS="" CXXFLAGS="" ASFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" \
- CC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" CXX="$(tc-getBUILD_CXX)" AR="$(tc-getBUILD_AR)" \
- RANLIB="$(tc-getBUILD_RANLIB)" LD="$(tc-getBUILD_LD)" \
- "${S}"/configure --disable-renaming --disable-debug \
- --disable-samples --enable-static || die
- emake
-
- popd >/dev/null || die
- fi
-
- multilib-minimal_src_configure
-}
-
-multilib_src_configure() {
- local myeconfargs=(
- --disable-renaming
- # We want a minimal build as this is just for layoutex
- # so we disable as much as possible
- --disable-samples
- --disable-extras
- --disable-icuio
-
- # This is icu-layoutex, so..
- --enable-layoutex
-
- $(use_enable debug)
- $(use_enable static-libs static)
-
- # Need tools for tests, otherwise get this in configure:
- # "## Note: you have disabled ICU's tools. This ICU cannot build its own data or tests.
- # ## Expect build failures in the 'data', 'test', and other directories."
- # ... although layoutex has no tests right now anyway, but let's keep this
- # for the future.
- $(use_enable test tools)
- $(use_enable test tests)
- )
-
- tc-is-cross-compiler && myeconfargs+=(
- --with-cross-build="${WORKDIR}"/host
- )
-
- # icu tries to use clang by default
- tc-export CC CXX
-
- ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
-}
-
-multilib_src_test() {
- # INTLTEST_OPTS: intltest options
- # -e: Exhaustive testing
- # -l: Reporting of memory leaks
- # -v: Increased verbosity
- # IOTEST_OPTS: iotest options
- # -e: Exhaustive testing
- # -v: Increased verbosity
- # CINTLTST_OPTS: cintltst options
- # -e: Exhaustive testing
- # -v: Increased verbosity
- emake -C layoutex VERBOSE="1" check
-}
-
-multilib_src_install() {
- pushd layoutex &>/dev/null || die
- default
- popd &>/dev/null || die
-}
diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 607468902fd75..0000000000000
--- a/dev-libs/icu-layoutex/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
- office@gentoo.org
- Gentoo Office project
-
-
- unicode-org/icu
-
-
diff --git a/metadata/stabilization-groups/icu.group b/metadata/stabilization-groups/icu.group
index b976319cbeb23..c1abf7c71a338 100644
--- a/metadata/stabilization-groups/icu.group
+++ b/metadata/stabilization-groups/icu.group
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
dev-libs/icu
-dev-libs/icu-layoutex
dev-libs/icu-le-hb
sec-keys/openpgp-keys-icu
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 2e8933ab64e12..c0e9e73a42f9f 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ media-libs/oneVPL-cpu
# Historically split from dev-libs/icu, disabled by default upstream and not
# recommended anymore. If need be, we can make it optional in icu itself.
# Removal on 2025-06-16. Bug #956106.
-dev-libs/icu-layoutex
dev-libs/icu-le-hb
# Alfred Wingate (2025-05-17)