diff --git a/app-text/paps/Manifest b/app-text/paps/Manifest
index 81c8cd0d779d..3d0ef72a1bc9 100644
--- a/app-text/paps/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/paps/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST paps-0.6.8.tar.gz 460062 BLAKE2B 8ca34cd217a5ed26de80a1e35f5cb05d75c291a966923ddcf73fb8a6db1a3823075c480c876cff932757feb3a4767057d269bac0863236df0b513e246726b01b SHA512 db657d90179e11fe42bbcdbebe09a84f1927c99d0b539c9e29b66b3cb8ffcf33ff500c9d81835ae5a0880382bf8f24801f04742517b76b8e005b125a139d8bba
 DIST paps-0.8.0.tar.gz 75685 BLAKE2B e20ea4ceafe41e938901d61c3c684d9d6b53a621127a66551d0137215c42a7a3c9a8657456bfe4893b8b6b9cd0b65fb104e0492d090b1bb584ca850c06d01236 SHA512 f8c101f6439159354b6a6d218b19baab605f08fa4e70171addb6e38cf5645a7888601fa0aa9d067ec1e5c423297f305cc35268cfde8a3327ffc6ced73ce6df50
diff --git a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-as-needed-build.patch b/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-as-needed-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d4bb69e39730..000000000000
--- a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-as-needed-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
- 
- DX_INIT_DOXYGEN(libpaps, doxygen.cfg, doxygen-doc)
- 
-+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PANGO], [pangoft2])
-+
- AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile)
---- a/src/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/Makefile.am
-@@ -7,21 +7,19 @@
- bin_PROGRAMS = paps
- paps_CFLAGS  = -Wall 
- paps_SOURCES = paps.c
--paps_LDADD = $(lib_LIBRARIES) $(all_libraries)
--paps_LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs pangoft2`
-+paps_LDADD = $(lib_LIBRARIES) $(all_libraries) $(PANGO_LIBS)
- paps_DEPENDENCIES = $(lib_LIBRARIES)
- 
- EXTRA_DIST = test_libpaps.c paps.1
- 
- # set the include path found by configure
--INCLUDES= $(all_includes) `pkg-config --cflags pangoft2`
-+INCLUDES= $(all_includes) $(PANGO_CFLAGS)
- 
- # Test program
- noinst_PROGRAMS = test_libpaps
- 
- 
- test_libpaps_SOURCES = test_libpaps.c
--test_libpaps_LDADD = $(lib_LIBRARIES) $(all_libraries)
--test_libpaps_LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs pangoft2`
-+test_libpaps_LDADD = $(lib_LIBRARIES) $(all_libraries) $(PANGO_LIBS)
- test_libpaps_DEPENDENCIES = $(lib_LIBRARIES) 
- 
diff --git a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-doxygen-acinclude.patch b/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-doxygen-acinclude.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 449e776f5e6b..000000000000
--- a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-doxygen-acinclude.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/acinclude.m4
-+++ b/acinclude.m4
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
- AC_PATH_TOOL([$1], [$2])
- if test "$DX_FLAG_[]DX_CURRENT_FEATURE$$1" = 1; then
-     AC_MSG_WARN([$2 not found - will not DX_CURRENT_DESCRIPTION])
--    AC_SUBST([DX_FLAG_[]DX_CURRENT_FEATURE], 0)
-+    AC_SUBST([DX_FLAG_]DX_CURRENT_FEATURE, 0)
- fi
- ])
- 
-@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
- # ----------------------------------------------------------
- # Turn off the DX_CURRENT_FEATURE if the required feature is off.
- AC_DEFUN([DX_CLEAR_DEPEND], [
--test "$DX_FLAG_$1" = "$2" || AC_SUBST([DX_FLAG_[]DX_CURRENT_FEATURE], 0)
-+test "$DX_FLAG_$1" = "$2" || AC_SUBST([DX_FLAG_]DX_CURRENT_FEATURE, 0)
- ])
- 
- # DX_FEATURE_ARG(FEATURE, DESCRIPTION,
diff --git a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-empty-file.patch b/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-empty-file.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c83abf8d576..000000000000
--- a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-empty-file.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=566050#c2
-
---- a/src/paps.c
-+++ b/src/paps.c
-@@ -569,11 +569,14 @@
- 
-   fclose (file);
- 
--  /* Add a trailing new line if it is missing */
--  if (inbuf->str[inbuf->len-1] != '\n')
--    g_string_append(inbuf, "\n");
-+  if (inbuf->len) {
-+	  /* Add a trailing new line if it is missing */
-+	  if (inbuf->str[inbuf->len-1] != '\n')
-+	    g_string_append(inbuf, "\n");
- 
--  text = inbuf->str;
-+	  text = inbuf->str;
-+  } else
-+  	text = g_strdup("\n");
-   g_string_free (inbuf, FALSE);
- 
-   return text;
diff --git a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-freetype-include.patch b/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-freetype-include.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7504b66f6693..000000000000
--- a/app-text/paps/files/paps-0.6.8-fix-freetype-include.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/libpaps.c
-+++ b/src/libpaps.c
-@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
- 
- #include <pango/pango.h>
- #include <pango/pangoft2.h>
--#include <freetype/ftglyph.h>
--#include <freetype/ftoutln.h>
-+#include <ft2build.h>
-+#include FT_GLYPH_H
-+#include FT_OUTLINE_H
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/app-text/paps/paps-0.6.8-r2.ebuild b/app-text/paps/paps-0.6.8-r2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a34c3661417..000000000000
--- a/app-text/paps/paps-0.6.8-r2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit autotools
-
-DESCRIPTION="Unicode-aware text to PostScript converter"
-HOMEPAGE="http://paps.sourceforge.net/"
-SRC_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-
-RDEPEND="x11-libs/pango"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-as-needed-build.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-doxygen-acinclude.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-freetype-include.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-empty-file.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	mv configure.in configure.ac || die
-
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	dobin src/paps
-	doman src/paps.1
-	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO
-}