diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml b/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
index 20e6fe5772133..63fd73cfa4f75 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 		<name>Ionen Wolkens</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<!-- website changes can leave the stable version immediately broken -->
+	<straight-to-stable/>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="deno">
 			Pull in <pkg>dev-lang/deno-bin</pkg> by default
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.07.04.ebuild b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.07.04.ebuild
index 01fd26077a1b8..13e792757a910 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.07.04.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.07.04.ebuild
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ else
 			-> ${P}.tar.gz
 	"
 	S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
-	# note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless some
-	# major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
 fi
 
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
index 01fd26077a1b8..13e792757a910 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ else
 			-> ${P}.tar.gz
 	"
 	S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
-	# note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless some
-	# major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
 	KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos"
 fi