diff --git a/sys-auth/pambase/Manifest b/sys-auth/pambase/Manifest
index 7168378e37d53..43c9757572597 100644
--- a/sys-auth/pambase/Manifest
+++ b/sys-auth/pambase/Manifest
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ DIST pambase-20220214.tar.gz 3372 BLAKE2B fc560005c48598d972cf68bfbd33784be7d7e5
 DIST pambase-20240128.tar.bz2 5131 BLAKE2B 0950fff720f3a9d761a82303eaa7b997bfac635111b6cae772f7d9de2846147dbb4224326e5dba1868cb54a8a76076c2efed6615c861bbfa78256aba4f475da2 SHA512 6b4ad390c46f33947436892a5f19111a1c9f4ded406ae8ffe76539c94d541611b74ba697d76522b46da41f53aae45eb67c274fc0d6caec94d40c1691487624e6
 DIST pambase-20250223.tar.bz2 5124 BLAKE2B ea89d43c93d85baafa1a6951ae80c6306c762ab0524f84de86ed4b6a1abc1056e85c6b1f13012615ce2db40e113ce51e17ddcd274d5f4f4f94a0ec9315318500 SHA512 ce31d08f3fa51879cddab158ffed3dc9929c37a56e7dc2f757f7e87e72076a75d10874cba2020f398a198c0156ffc4ecc2ec5d6d654ca36f135a4f1837094b57
 DIST pambase-20250228.tar.bz2 5144 BLAKE2B ab4c8e84cc21e25ac12b66a3d9943becb62d4f53c2f9c201c79f2a1f1f1320f4bad2b56a2a76924386d7dbe9656abf5a0bd92bbbedda23088a26128aa743e79f SHA512 e2ccbcd0c3e6f9fb035a2489a79bdfff5f12fe9393517d3b7ddb3bbd7a6a6e5b358663b1423166b0250931d50f608bb81a9f486fc53dbc7126b3980617387c94
-DIST pambase-20250826.tar.bz2 4925 BLAKE2B c6929aa506b94b9215bd2c686fd9965d6c3a77f36c7a2d114ca5b2c39a30e2209a84408ee855559837d54161e359723889b89bb9c048bb36b00c7156495968fc SHA512 c9bc07ac617891ddab6f2a8358b10899462d9b54fcc3642d222dd2402914f24225854103b6c581aa2041fb0feb0f94688e07aad10ab94c3a629b4cd2937bd785
diff --git a/sys-auth/pambase/pambase-20250826.ebuild b/sys-auth/pambase/pambase-20250826.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 01b62511d0225..0000000000000
--- a/sys-auth/pambase/pambase-20250826.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{10..13} )
-
-inherit pam python-any-r1 readme.gentoo-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="PAM base configuration files"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/gentoo/pambase"
-
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="
-		https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/pambase.git
-		https://github.com/gentoo/pambase.git
-	"
-else
-	SRC_URI="https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pambase.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.bz2"
-
-	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="caps debug elogind gnome-keyring homed minimal mktemp +nullok pam_krb5 pam_ssh +passwdqc pwhistory pwquality securetty selinux +sha512 sssd systemd yescrypt"
-
-RESTRICT="binchecks"
-
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	?? ( elogind systemd )
-	?? ( passwdqc pwquality )
-	?? ( sha512 yescrypt )
-	pwhistory? ( || ( passwdqc pwquality ) )
-	homed? ( !pam_krb5 )
-	pam_krb5? ( !homed )
-"
-
-MIN_PAM_REQ=1.4.0
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=sys-libs/pam-${MIN_PAM_REQ}
-	elogind? ( sys-auth/elogind[pam] )
-	gnome-keyring? ( gnome-base/gnome-keyring[pam] )
-	mktemp? ( sys-auth/pam_mktemp )
-	pam_krb5? (
-		>=sys-libs/pam-${MIN_PAM_REQ}
-		sys-auth/pam_krb5
-	)
-	caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[pam] )
-	pam_ssh? ( sys-auth/pam_ssh )
-	passwdqc? ( >=sys-auth/passwdqc-1.4.0-r1 )
-	pwquality? ( dev-libs/libpwquality[pam] )
-	selinux? ( sys-libs/pam[selinux] )
-	sha512? ( >=sys-libs/pam-${MIN_PAM_REQ} )
-	homed? ( sys-apps/systemd[homed] )
-	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd[pam] )
-	yescrypt? ( sys-libs/libxcrypt[system] )
-	sssd? ( sys-auth/sssd )
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	$(python_gen_any_dep '
-		dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	')
-"
-
-python_check_deps() {
-	python_has_version "dev-python/jinja2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	${EPYTHON} ./${PN}.py \
-		$(usex caps '--caps' '') \
-		$(usex debug '--debug' '') \
-		$(usex elogind '--elogind' '') \
-		$(usex gnome-keyring '--gnome-keyring' '') \
-		$(usex homed '--homed' '') \
-		$(usex minimal '--minimal' '') \
-		$(usex mktemp '--mktemp' '') \
-		$(usex nullok '--nullok' '') \
-		$(usex pam_krb5 '--krb5' '') \
-		$(usex pam_ssh '--pam-ssh' '') \
-		$(usex passwdqc '--passwdqc' '') \
-		$(usex pwhistory '--pwhistory' '') \
-		$(usex pwquality '--pwquality' '') \
-		$(usex securetty '--securetty' '') \
-		$(usex selinux '--selinux' '') \
-		$(usex sha512 '--sha512' '') \
-		$(usex systemd '--systemd' '--openrc') \
-		$(usex yescrypt '--yescrypt' '') \
-		$(usex sssd '--sssd' '') \
-	|| die
-}
-
-src_test() { :; }
-
-src_install() {
-	local DOC_CONTENTS
-
-	if use passwdqc; then
-		DOC_CONTENTS="To amend the existing password policy please see the man 5 passwdqc.conf
-				page and then edit the /etc/security/passwdqc.conf file"
-	fi
-
-	if use pwquality; then
-		DOC_CONTENTS="To amend the existing password policy please see the man 5 pwquality.conf
-				page and then edit the /etc/security/pwquality.conf file"
-	fi
-
-	{ use passwdqc || use pwquality; } && readme.gentoo_create_doc
-
-	dopamd -r stack/.
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	{ use passwdqc || use pwquality; } && readme.gentoo_print_elog
-}