diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
index 3628e9e1790c2..a732dbcc459ac 100644
--- a/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
+++ b/x11-libs/vte/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-DIST vte-0.80.4.tar.xz 586804 BLAKE2B 766b25fe9fc45e306db0e65e301b27aa448b2201eeb016c3d25829df28e1c7ac95bc2ca4af97979df92c4f631820761f38574501970af190cb77d0abceb66eeb SHA512 02f76135236dc0bcfbf627614e26bdd24c217a0cc80f369399a67ff0cc2ca6cc12457e31c741c22e50e411db404648d70532b2b3d9d27de1a1941d353d037ae5
-DIST vte-0.82.2.tar.xz 6141828 BLAKE2B d0274f090b00451dc6b63dece2a2a2103c7e58e437e7fae1c94955d3ac7e3aff59c0fc3d2e7ed06921800cb85fcdbcb5b57ea3ef32b832c11a767fbc995fa57d SHA512 73e90beec2672c04476d6673eeac448860faaa00e507f71f6c36122b38bbb5857b2d0b876a928254348ef0f006f5a091e0f09179d23d74d1e05bdbba28c65f74
 DIST vte-0.82.3.tar.xz 6141808 BLAKE2B 069c660d2018685bdc748931ffe88299e071bdd68925c6fd92ac43eef8667dd52c0911f66dbb59e6f98a240cb583c102fccb8797d5443e9b1ea83c773f38224b SHA512 4b03ff539ea0240b2fe814c4523da248e9b201beb68439990f9590fd8f75024e869e06bf07c2afc06258b588b6750bdb776a1505662c991fddced39adbed15d8
diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4-r1.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b63e308bc3fa..0000000000000
--- a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.80.4-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit flag-o-matic gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library providing a virtual terminal emulator widget"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte"
-
-# Once SIXEL support ships (0.66 or later), might need xterm license (but code might be considered upgraded to LGPL-3+)
-LICENSE="LGPL-3+ GPL-3+"
-
-SLOT="2.91"      # vte_api_version in meson.build
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~loong ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="X +crypt debug gtk-doc +icu +introspection systemd +vala wayland"
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	gtk-doc? ( introspection )
-	vala? ( introspection )
-"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.22:3[X?,introspection?,wayland?]
-	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.0
-	dev-cpp/fast_float
-	>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.0
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.72:2
-	crypt?  ( >=net-libs/gnutls-3.2.7:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
-	>=x11-libs/pango-1.22.0
-	>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.21:=
-	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-220:= )
-	>=app-arch/lz4-1.9
-	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
-	x11-libs/pango[introspection?]
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	~gui-libs/vte-common-${PV}[systemd?]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
-	dev-util/glib-utils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
-	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	use vala && vala_setup
-	xdg_environment_reset
-
-	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.66.2-musl-W_EXITCODE.patch
-
-	# -Ddebug option enables various debug support via VTE_DEBUG, but also ggdb3; strip the latter
-	sed -e '/ggdb3/d' -i meson.build || die
-	sed -i 's/vte_gettext_domain = vte_api_name/vte_gettext_domain = vte_gtk3_api_name/' meson.build || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Upstream don't support LTO & error out on it in meson.build
-	filter-lto
-
-	use X || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
-	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
-
-	local emesonargs=(
-		-Da11y=true
-		$(meson_use debug)
-		$(meson_use gtk-doc docs)
-		$(meson_use introspection gir)
-		-Dfribidi=true # pulled in by pango anyhow
-		-Dglade=true
-		$(meson_use crypt gnutls)
-		-Dgtk3=true
-		-Dgtk4=false
-		$(meson_use icu)
-		$(meson_use systemd _systemd)
-		$(meson_use vala vapi)
-	)
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# not meson_src_install because this would include einstalldocs, which
-	# would result in file collisions with gui-libs/vte
-	meson_install
-
-	# Remove files that are provided by gui-libs/vte-common
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.sh || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.csh || die
-	if use systemd; then
-		rm "${ED}"/usr/lib/systemd/user/vte-spawn-.scope.d/defaults.conf || die
-	fi
-	if use gtk-doc; then
-		mkdir -p "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
-		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/vte-${SLOT} "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/vte-${SLOT}-gtk3 || die
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.2.ebuild b/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 491cdbaee10e6..0000000000000
--- a/x11-libs/vte/vte-0.82.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
-
-inherit flag-o-matic gnome.org meson python-any-r1 vala xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Library providing a virtual terminal emulator widget"
-HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte"
-
-# Once SIXEL support ships (0.66 or later), might need xterm license (but code might be considered upgraded to LGPL-3+)
-LICENSE="LGPL-3+ GPL-3+"
-
-SLOT="2.91"      # vte_api_version in meson.build
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="X +crypt debug gtk-doc +icu +introspection systemd +vala wayland"
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	gtk-doc? ( introspection )
-	vala? ( introspection )
-"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.22:3[X?,introspection?,wayland?]
-	>=x11-libs/cairo-1.0
-	>=dev-libs/libfmt-11.0.0
-	dev-cpp/fast_float
-	>=dev-libs/fribidi-1.0.0
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.72:2
-	crypt?  ( >=net-libs/gnutls-3.2.7:0= )
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
-	>=x11-libs/pango-1.22.0
-	>=dev-libs/libpcre2-10.21:=
-	>=dev-cpp/simdutf-6.2.0
-	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-220:= )
-	>=app-arch/lz4-1.9
-	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.82.0-r2:= )
-	x11-libs/pango[introspection?]
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	~gui-libs/vte-common-${PV}[systemd?]
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-libs/libxml2:2
-	dev-util/glib-utils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
-	>=sys-devel/gettext-0.19.8
-	virtual/pkgconfig
-	vala? ( $(vala_depend) )
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	use vala && vala_setup
-	xdg_environment_reset
-
-	use elibc_musl && eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.66.2-musl-W_EXITCODE.patch
-
-	# -Ddebug option enables various debug support via VTE_DEBUG, but also ggdb3; strip the latter
-	sed -e '/ggdb3/d' -i meson.build || die
-	sed -i 's/vte_gettext_domain = vte_api_name/vte_gettext_domain = vte_gtk3_api_name/' meson.build || die
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Upstream don't support LTO & error out on it in meson.build
-	filter-lto
-
-	use X || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
-	use wayland || append-flags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
-
-	local emesonargs=(
-		-Da11y=true
-		-Dapp-hidden=true
-		$(meson_use debug)
-		$(meson_use gtk-doc docs)
-		$(meson_use introspection gir)
-		-Dfribidi=true # pulled in by pango anyhow
-		-Dglade=true
-		$(meson_use crypt gnutls)
-		-Dgtk3=true
-		-Dgtk4=false
-		$(meson_use icu)
-		$(meson_use systemd _systemd)
-		$(meson_use vala vapi)
-	)
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	# not meson_src_install because this would include einstalldocs, which
-	# would result in file collisions with gui-libs/vte
-	meson_install
-
-	# Remove files that are provided by gui-libs/vte-common
-	rm "${ED}"/usr/libexec/vte-urlencode-cwd || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.sh || die
-	rm "${ED}"/etc/profile.d/vte.csh || die
-	if use systemd; then
-		rm "${ED}"/usr/lib/systemd/user/vte-spawn-.scope.d/defaults.conf || die
-	fi
-	if use gtk-doc; then
-		mkdir -p "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/ || die
-		mv "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/vte-${SLOT} "${ED}"/usr/share/gtk-doc/vte-${SLOT}-gtk3 || die
-	fi
-}