diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/Manifest b/app-text/lowdown/Manifest
index c9ed9e52784e..58d5eef13145 100644
--- a/app-text/lowdown/Manifest
+++ b/app-text/lowdown/Manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-DIST lowdown-1.1.1.tar.gz 600635 BLAKE2B 39c0a2472ff6b9b3fa2b6d72c1f2d482592976f7b50c1bbaf1965bfbb6d28f22e0a7498bb54087bb83070bd74ea673409be97815f51a0a5a67e980bbfc4e01b2 SHA512 2a69da945a83696480651e8221d73bcb18bac9bc38bb88126ddf73520d2a4ff396dde08a7abf6f550669ec9ba34abdaa186b0980f312fa157371ee754576bb6a
-DIST lowdown-1.3.2.tar.gz 670610 BLAKE2B 80238e7c6a27c45d6b3f65fbb9435639db5f424aad28c05a94093c5fab3982b1b05b5c3d779e5f74d8b2e71046301c2e3c0ee83496f44f6b8597cd0b3797eb14 SHA512 9592fd270c61d7e827a0e7885ce5faef545a33e61afa0d4cf4549cf5866d82873b042a9cb4465d7b504c686a7b89c748257c470c3b3ccb1ec6f1203a7e6bf392
-DIST lowdown-1.4.0.tar.gz 675327 BLAKE2B 1e734acefe3d293dd6e60f27ff943b484ac99a9e393fd118df09be6dd9671294a91de306393817af9422fec67ed9eda22e2515538b490ac07bdd93ac2e5617e4 SHA512 61b88fc24c9c69a324536bc5cc3edbd453f59945cda264df8751cf361992487081911d3ba6cb04346d5ef451d96a4b56e69a76985849349ef049eca0a098b7ee
-DIST lowdown-2.0.0.tar.gz 675824 BLAKE2B 01df89f7703f3c313b373b0eee2eee86d409a06fe298be6f90cd0198fb84a3eedf8e5ea9c03082797bfa0ff76b28f6c4d032e28f6b1d233af2a988bef46cf689 SHA512 520741453556710ebdd379de2f1b6444c0019ed556e5c9852b1bb8b2cbd5853cf5edb80e65dc9e1d4fabfb028b96af0adf776642ba07aa3af436d4c57e7d7811
 DIST lowdown-2.0.2.tar.gz 676246 BLAKE2B 35ca947673d7582b64687200429f8e806703cc0ad43b019a0302f35da4e1d579253ec199f2abd4eadcb30b81d2feb34c0baad41dbcc601533729049c7d7cc74d SHA512 ebd927776f13e78c26e1c001e8586dc43fe1e64d1c537a18cd71bd6a8936c93a9fefcb58c53e94a7c0727b525f6c6a21ab70b924db8c7c105161a6a92d9c96fa
 DIST lowdown-2.0.4.tar.gz 697300 BLAKE2B 07afe0f0a5e4d7f258bed5fc7a4a2e052384f852b12cf285cf3546cbe92bc05dd8d38ca3553cb0314a2823b22526f1a97be042dbdb472397afa10eb9c638a8d7 SHA512 db396f738c3effdd55f112f2f71183b32b45ae2f8ba999e03df5162612e26a313d7b3ca1c5840cb71805f4429a4a3b67fe61a731aadc5cc989b74ff2da2d5b7e
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.1.1.ebuild b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.1.1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index edac6aa6e811..000000000000
--- a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.1.1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
-
-MY_PV="VERSION_${PV//./_}"
-DESCRIPTION="Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-
-LICENSE="ISC"
-SLOT="0/2"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~ppc64 x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-
-# configure tests for a bunch of BSD functions on Linux
-QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
-	crypt_newhash
-	crypt_checkpass
-	warnc
-	errc
-	getexecname
-	getprogname
-	memset_s
-	pledge
-	recallocarray
-	strlcat
-	strlcpy
-	strtonum
-	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE
-	unveil
-)
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-0.10.0-pkgconfig-libmd.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-1.1.0-shared-linking.patch"
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	append-flags -fPIC
-	tc-export CC AR
-
-	./configure \
-		PREFIX="/usr" \
-		MANDIR="/usr/share/man" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LIBDIR="/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
-		|| die "./configure failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake $(usex elibc_musl UTF8_LOCALE=C.UTF-8 '')
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${S}" emake regress
-}
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.3.2.ebuild b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.3.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5439d2e6de7c..000000000000
--- a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.3.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
-
-MY_PV="VERSION_${PV//./_}"
-DESCRIPTION="Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-
-LICENSE="ISC"
-SLOT="0/2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-
-# configure tests for a bunch of BSD functions on Linux
-QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
-	crypt_newhash
-	crypt_checkpass
-	warnc
-	errc
-	getexecname
-	getprogname
-	memset_s
-	pledge
-	recallocarray
-	strlcat
-	strlcpy
-	strtonum
-	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE
-	unveil
-	arc4random
-	b64_ntop
-)
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-0.10.0-pkgconfig-libmd.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-1.3.0-shared-linking.patch"
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	append-flags -fPIC
-	tc-export CC AR
-
-	./configure \
-		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
-		MANDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
-		|| die "./configure failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake $(usex elibc_musl UTF8_LOCALE=C.UTF-8 '')
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${S}" emake regress
-}
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.4.0.ebuild b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.4.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 5439d2e6de7c..000000000000
--- a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
-
-MY_PV="VERSION_${PV//./_}"
-DESCRIPTION="Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kristaps.bsd.lv/lowdown/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/kristapsdz/lowdown/archive/refs/tags/${MY_PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
-
-LICENSE="ISC"
-SLOT="0/2"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-
-DEPEND="
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-
-# configure tests for a bunch of BSD functions on Linux
-QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
-	crypt_newhash
-	crypt_checkpass
-	warnc
-	errc
-	getexecname
-	getprogname
-	memset_s
-	pledge
-	recallocarray
-	strlcat
-	strlcpy
-	strtonum
-	TAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE
-	unveil
-	arc4random
-	b64_ntop
-)
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-0.10.0-pkgconfig-libmd.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/lowdown-1.3.0-shared-linking.patch"
-)
-
-src_configure() {
-	append-flags -fPIC
-	tc-export CC AR
-
-	./configure \
-		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
-		MANDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
-		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" \
-		LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)" \
-		|| die "./configure failed"
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	emake $(usex elibc_musl UTF8_LOCALE=C.UTF-8 '')
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${S}" emake regress
-}
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.0.ebuild b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.2-r1.ebuild
similarity index 86%
rename from app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.0.ebuild
rename to app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.2-r1.ebuild
index b7265610ed8c..2e568dc1ac15 100644
--- a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
+inherit flag-o-matic multiprocessing toolchain-funcs
 
 MY_PV="VERSION_${PV//./_}"
 DESCRIPTION="Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}"
 
 LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0/3"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-build/bmake
+"
 
 # configure tests for a bunch of BSD functions on Linux
 QA_CONFIG_IMPL_DECL_SKIP=(
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ src_configure() {
 	append-flags -fPIC
 	tc-export CC AR
 
+	local jobs="$(makeopts_jobs)"
+	unset MAKEOPTS
+	unset MAKEFLAGS
+
+	export MAKEOPTS="-j${jobs}"
+	export MAKE=bmake
+
 	./configure \
 		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \
 		MANDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/man" \
diff --git a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.4.ebuild b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.4.ebuild
index db3821b66321..9f9ae7cb868f 100644
--- a/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/lowdown/lowdown-2.0.4.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
+inherit flag-o-matic multiprocessing toolchain-funcs
 
 MY_PV="VERSION_${PV//./_}"
 DESCRIPTION="Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats"
@@ -54,17 +54,13 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_configure() {
 	append-flags -fPIC
 	tc-export CC AR
-	export MAKE=bmake
 
-	local flag makeopts
-	for flag in ${MAKEOPTS}; do
-		case "${flag}" in
-			-l*) ;;
-			-O) ;;
-			*) makeopts+=" ${flag}";;
-		esac
-	done
-	export MAKEOPTS="${makeopts}"
+	local jobs="$(makeopts_jobs)"
+	unset MAKEOPTS
+	unset MAKEFLAGS
+
+	export MAKEOPTS="-j${jobs}"
+	export MAKE=bmake
 
 	./configure \
 		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}/usr" \