diff --git a/games-strategy/freeorion/Manifest b/games-strategy/freeorion/Manifest
index 267bab50d168..f1f56d2cd4c2 100644
--- a/games-strategy/freeorion/Manifest
+++ b/games-strategy/freeorion/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 DIST FreeOrion-v0.5.1.1_Source.tar.gz 156827341 BLAKE2B 5baf826cb68eb6f500c083bf0716e48639a21d129532be549441c713e3dff2eaaf7669e0a3a8655e76aeab8ce79fecc41f271fe73f951d4a02b8e7233462ce60 SHA512 1876eacc5c5dd3e2e3d830088cce2fbe2db40d317eaefeedaba5567dfd218f296a15305e5ec5bd9a91d7ef53a7699fe672972784a1cbd0f7003bb32cdb34b52c
-DIST FreeOrion_v0.5.1_Source.tar.gz 154915100 BLAKE2B 5097fed26443cd076d03af05816148bf2923b86d4719b86e4593b1bca383af222db6f105e3b4a4b531188558305140e9999a80c7550959adaa65cf08f5bb6b5e SHA512 253deba1a90bd4fa7e33423e0148b22ee5234e47007fef9cee66d617caaa5794e2a600e057574c79caa7058557d51d290c5161e9dfa3d8dabe4ebc5da85b8233
diff --git a/games-strategy/freeorion/freeorion-0.5.1.ebuild b/games-strategy/freeorion/freeorion-0.5.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index cd67ef9f2c36..000000000000
--- a/games-strategy/freeorion/freeorion-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +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 check-reqs cmake flag-o-matic multiprocessing python-single-r1 xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Free turn-based space empire and galactic conquest game"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.freeorion.org/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/releases/download/v${PV}/FreeOrion_v${PV}_Source.tar.gz"
-S=${WORKDIR}/src-tarball
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ CC-BY-SA-3.0 LGPL-2.1+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="+client doc test"
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-libs/boost:=[${PYTHON_USEDEP},nls,python,zlib]')
-	client? (
-		media-libs/freetype
-		media-libs/glew:0=
-		media-libs/libglvnd
-		media-libs/libpng:=
-		media-libs/libsdl2[opengl,video]
-		media-libs/libvorbis
-		media-libs/openal
-	)
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	client? (
-		media-fonts/dejavu
-		media-fonts/roboto
-	)
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	doc? (
-		app-text/doxygen
-		media-gfx/graphviz
-	)
-	test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]') )
-"
-
-freeorion_check-reqs() {
-	# cc1plus processes may suddenly use ~1.5GB all at once early on (2+GB
-	# if debug symbols) then far less for the rest, check minimal jobs*1.5
-	local CHECKREQS_MEMORY=$(($(makeopts_jobs)*1500))M
-	check-reqs_${EBUILD_PHASE_FUNC}
-}
-
-pkg_pretend() {
-	freeorion_check-reqs
-}
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	freeorion_check-reqs
-	python-single-r1_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	cmake_src_prepare
-
-	sed -i 's/-O3//' CMakeLists.txt || die
-
-	cmake_comment_add_subdirectory check #904124
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	filter-lto # -Werror=odr issues
-
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DCCACHE_PROGRAM=no
-		-DBUILD_CLIENT_GG=$(usex client)
-		-DBUILD_CLIENT_GODOT=no # TODO?
-		-DBUILD_TESTING=$(usex test)
-
-		# temporary for doc/CMakeLists.txt which is using the old variable
-		-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE="${PYTHON}"
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	cmake_src_compile all $(usev doc)
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-		# needs looking into but failure does not seem(?) to affect runtime,
-		# try to remove on bump
-		TestChecksum
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_test -j1 # avoid running 2 conflicting servers
-
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# broken with >=3.11 but is not known to cause issues, skip for now
-		tests/AI/save_game_codec/test_savegame_manager.py::test_setstate_call
-	)
-
-	epytest -o cache_dir="${T}"/pytest_cache default/python/tests
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	local DOCS=( ChangeLog.md README.md )
-	cmake_src_install
-
-	use doc && dodoc -r "${BUILD_DIR}"/doc/cpp-apidoc/html
-
-	if use client; then
-		local font
-		for font in roboto/Roboto-{Bold,Regular}.ttf dejavu/DejaVuSans{-Bold,}.ttf; do
-			dosym -r /usr/share/{fonts/${font%/*},${PN}/default/data/fonts}/${font##*/}
-		done
-		rm -- "${ED}"/usr/share/${PN}/default/data/fonts/LICENSE.{Roboto,DejaVu} || die
-	else
-		rm -r -- "${ED}"/usr/share/freeorion/default/data/fonts || die
-	fi
-}