diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
index b14f6b8c2747d..503e043eb6ff6 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kauth/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 DIST kauth-5.116.0.tar.xz 2307868 BLAKE2B 429b7ef6221673d0014be8cbff1acfceee51f1e5c8d14ea87a042de79f4d4bd7b5527021371c140e64995f41ec967f838b68f7a4e60bc508d39833e78d200d12 SHA512 1a640bb2bdc4a4d2a6458becb618a618abfb510bf6286145bb3834373cc8fec4980008d977476f699ad97368b316ccdf5308cea3eee80171a9d051003f45d7c6
-DIST kauth-6.18.0.tar.xz 2273456 BLAKE2B 3e23238e98d5b350ac0e8b4652ffb74217312f0e1f2b1c0ffa21fd746ad477f1cd2b99329eb732cfd4b6696d406676162e0f3fbbf6bb596216304fc610fca240 SHA512 839b1ebf398ba7398c3925132e242ece8e04c233cb1b072b8e06fab9d39f1c8cb980cadee2defca8907fe183470ccf1316e2dd2711998cb18468a77833fa3ba6
 DIST kauth-6.20.0.tar.xz 2273340 BLAKE2B fe8bae4d1c7d9f2c28deeabd432bc942e74910cbbb5c7ee5bbdcfd713f6a6a2587327ceb27d899afc2c67a79bfa3caaf7e79d38fbea4bb37d36f0dabdc5333ae SHA512 f377f1e08ebc474b7f3dc7c4956e8c23afc8bf5b8bb118224aef8e58072c6a18f52bae7253a44d422586e1ddc81e207cacb745ba1a21bf9e7684c1bcd2b4ed4a
 DIST kauth-6.21.0.tar.xz 2273504 BLAKE2B 3a7c7fc3423b471ce5ed43ba7f93040e5fbf74a5eef97bca93ded92e2bdecee96ef2ee137eb69fc3436c36db535431b3a9a99ce2504e58d890dd4301ee9b5326 SHA512 b183919b34d983fad85b3f07013f71b93b3ecc0442d7fb29f589990ccc151f84c58d17a94433a597bd7319dfce96a9b39c9453f836916cfedf61038ca9a6e518
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 664db7cf3e606..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/kauth/kauth-6.18.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-QTMIN=6.7.2
-inherit ecm frameworks.kde.org
-
-DESCRIPTION="Framework to let applications perform actions as a privileged user"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="+policykit"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui]
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KDE_CATV}*:6
-	policykit? (
-		>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus]
-		=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${KDE_CATV}*:6[wayland]
-		>=sys-auth/polkit-qt-0.175.0[qt6(+)]
-	)
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus] )
-"
-BDEPEND=">=dev-qt/qttools-${QTMIN}:6[linguist]"
-PDEPEND="policykit? ( kde-plasma/polkit-kde-agent:* )"
-
-CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-	# fails, bug 654842
-	KAuthHelperTest
-	# needs DBus, bug 938505
-	KAuthFdTest
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package policykit PolkitQt6-1)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}