diff --git a/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/Manifest b/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/Manifest
index c075e81641e9..3726a95faba7 100644
--- a/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/Manifest
+++ b/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST ksmbd-tools-3.5.2.tar.gz 463604 BLAKE2B f54ff13719dd7e7167d065a7aaf5393fc18f67611be0a22fc4914e6d2afd25e751db85c27ff3adde482e1d9c4192161b76dc92f9c066dcc41cae7c820510483c SHA512 20035501e63798f5a23d3d9502ff4a50b04f74a03154bc4bfdfabb37dcf106410cd1355c2612cc46a0e52742f8e213dad4862790661781691e77760c56f40386
 DIST ksmbd-tools-3.5.3.tar.gz 464499 BLAKE2B 3810a8af5528bfa56274fdc31386d07f28cd3762191df3343beb411974ee623f3b225d780955512aee64c0ae34f97a6bca4b3fef4c15f46d651e154fcf79b88f SHA512 aa3331dba8fc4b970a38e23d1569e9ec5bd8bba9cf6cf0d0b1618f0b0cd28fc1fc3d0c0446f9f628e38762a273b0d09050fbe331a79e06af986733ad6ec6d9a2
diff --git a/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/ksmbd-tools-3.5.2.ebuild b/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/ksmbd-tools-3.5.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index a2a2c779dfb6..000000000000
--- a/net-fs/ksmbd-tools/ksmbd-tools-3.5.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit eapi9-ver linux-info meson systemd
-
-DESCRIPTION="cifsd/ksmbd kernel server userspace utilities"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd-tools"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/cifsd-team/ksmbd-tools/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libnl:3
-"
-
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	# we don't want to die() here to be able to build binpkgs
-	kernel_is -lt 5 15 && eerror "kernel >= 5.15 required for ${PN}"
-	CONFIG_CHECK="~SMB_SERVER"
-	ERROR_SMB_SERVER="CONFIG_SMB_SERVER is not set: ksmbd is not enabled in kernel, ${PN} will not work"
-	# use krb5 && CONFIG_CHECK+=" ~SMB_SERVER_KERBEROS5"
-	linux-info_pkg_setup
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local emesonargs=(
-		-Drundir="${EPREFIX}"/run
-		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		# TODO: add kerberos support, explicitly disable for now
-		-Dkrb5=disabled
-	)
-
-	meson_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	meson_src_install
-
-	local DOCS=( README.md ksmbd.conf.example )
-	einstalldocs
-
-	insinto /etc/ksmbd
-	doins ksmbd.conf.example
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/ksmbd.initd-r1" ksmbd
-	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/ksmbd.confd" ksmbd
-
-	dosym ksmbd.addshare /usr/sbin/smbshareadd
-	dosym ksmbd.adduser /usr/sbin/smbuseradd
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	if ver_replacing -lt 3.4.6; then
-		ewarn "Upgrade from version <${CATEGORY}/${PN}-3.4.6 detected"
-		ewarn "${PN} config file moved to ${EPREFIX}/etc/ksmbd/ksmbd.conf"
-		ewarn "Please migrate from old ${EPREFIX}/etc/ksmbd/smb.conf"
-	fi
-}