diff --git a/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/Manifest b/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/Manifest
index e11a3d3834ff..dd17ac6c230c 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/Manifest
+++ b/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST plasma-vault-6.4.5.tar.xz 203044 BLAKE2B dbd4909334d343b60711bd680da7cf25df27b8bf5ab1725daa09ae027a26a21811e4f5bf15eeac1ca7b2bb36c602aea4ba937d453d9a0869e24ee6fd7e0fed15 SHA512 74012dba894e1cdb25937ff07cfec42f18ef825b80f05c6022812d37849ce6ae0d6ca4c0a01c7f1c6e459ad3c9b86a2582b0f26a340a95edb173e6b60d238ab4
-DIST plasma-vault-6.5.3.tar.xz 201728 BLAKE2B c7b24936b7c0eee180f134b0df5e4a7dda73fc99df4763018e13b6a0b29ae41527650de346a7a8caceefc5bbfdb4008cab63e7c607e470ba80b62c6fab3eef11 SHA512 feed247be74b767a16300920c36f16cb562ccefbaf6d4beccc76ed762fddea6983bedf5cee449a54428f33eb842af33e345f9a34a5c8806150d182b9ccb600e4
 DIST plasma-vault-6.5.4.tar.xz 201008 BLAKE2B e3f1ed4a67627ee831eb9dfca6109eb1595984cbe7efbbdf622271d2117aad5cc5767307faa15b9348986190fea8399b621801c4ed674d5a154b5b81528e6cf3 SHA512 702be13aff1c0e4c46302eb45ca987c7f133487e995fd1161c98035accef7215a3704154af2ac4f19d87b639735ef1d26b7149a47aec25a6dac5c1dd0df76de6
diff --git a/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/plasma-vault-6.5.3.ebuild b/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/plasma-vault-6.5.3.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c0e30710511..000000000000
--- a/kde-plasma/plasma-vault/plasma-vault-6.5.3.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-KFMIN=6.18.0
-QTMIN=6.9.1
-inherit ecm flag-o-matic plasma.kde.org xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Plasma applet and services for creating encrypted vaults"
-HOMEPAGE+=" https://cukic.co/2017/02/03/vaults-encryption-in-plasma/"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-3"
-SLOT="6"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE="networkmanager"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets]
-	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcodecs-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kio-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kitemmodels-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kservice-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-plasma/libksysguard-${KDE_CATV}:6
-	>=kde-plasma/libplasma-${KDE_CATV}:6
-	>=kde-plasma/plasma-activities-${KDE_CATV}:6=
-	networkmanager? ( >=kde-frameworks/networkmanager-qt-${KFMIN}:6 )
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	|| (
-		>=app-crypt/gocryptfs-1.8
-		>=sys-fs/cryfs-0.9.9
-		>=sys-fs/encfs-1.9.2
-	)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	# ODR violations (bug #909446, kde#471836)
-	filter-lto
-
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package networkmanager KF6NetworkManagerQt)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	xdg_pkg_postinst
-
-	local has_deprecated_backend
-	dropping_backend() {
-		if has_version ${2}; then
-			elog "${CATEGORY}/${PN} will drop support for ${1} in the future."
-			elog "Migrate away from any ${2} vaults before that happens."
-			elog
-			has_deprecated_backend=1
-		fi
-	}
-
-	dropping_backend CryFS sys-fs/cryfs
-	dropping_backend EncFS sys-fs/encfs
-
-	if [[ has_deprecated_backend ]]; then
-		elog "The only supported backend going forward will be app-crypt/gocryptfs."
-		elog
-		elog "See also:"
-		elog "https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-vault/-/merge_requests/57"
-		elog "https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-vault/-/merge_requests/62"
-	fi
-}