diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/Manifest b/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/Manifest
index 8d0088d72b61..ceda867119c1 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/Manifest
+++ b/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-DIST gnome-characters-47.0.tar.xz 601256 BLAKE2B 038439f6bbe7ccfe432fce628b35912b3b98fc499a8ec9a6fd6c48c9bd17005737a0ab614fc2e96c9ecc4e9151d3e9386af18bc10a25b5acfafb75de133385f1 SHA512 b869788bdb12e0401c56a54bd2c15b7adfb59962593bed7085788fa98591663769ce8d8ee038b541fbef479c6d73556376cb12c95f8a1bb5ebb23793507e2d3c
 DIST gnome-characters-48.0.tar.xz 602764 BLAKE2B ede78805a32c30194a57d26f7f824474c951a03289afc7f688353a72bfa2e52c9388c55d536b7f7a956f459cf107e148b5f0f884d1495f450badd71697425ce4 SHA512 32d6eb7a8d945267db6f8349bb28e9d6fb1b6cccaaca2bbf9c8e523bcde97087b867c699a15200fa578731ee42e9fe54d349be39ffb1f3ce86d3bde4edced89c
 DIST gnome-characters-49.1.tar.xz 608800 BLAKE2B 8a0c5122b938c16bc118d53c37609f586556512447aa5670098427ed81f1bae5f007dbd76a50d296e4e14c1c82278b8d52b3a231066a6cebe6bb58543f765d5e SHA512 70261d452c17f03c3088ae56c028727e8ce44ee2db89b770dec9623da3c17d0a3565855969de32d6d3caf4043ec531d4cf47acff777e3932e1a0beea2057fa8a
diff --git a/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/gnome-characters-47.0.ebuild b/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/gnome-characters-47.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a1d4559ffb0b..000000000000
--- a/gnome-extra/gnome-characters/gnome-characters-47.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit gnome.org gnome2-utils meson xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Unicode character map viewer and library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://apps.gnome.org/Characters/"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ BSD"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv x86"
-
-IUSE="test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/gjs-1.50
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
-	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:=
-	>=gui-libs/gtk-4.6:4[introspection]
-	>=gui-libs/libadwaita-1.5_alpha:1=
-	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
-	>=x11-libs/pango-1.36[introspection]
-	gnome-base/gnome-desktop:4
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/glib
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
-	dev-util/glib-utils
-	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	test? ( x11-misc/xvfb-run )
-"
-
-src_test() {
-	meson test -C "${BUILD_DIR}" || die 'tests failed'
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	xdg_pkg_postinst
-	gnome2_schemas_update
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	xdg_pkg_postrm
-	gnome2_schemas_update
-}