diff --git a/kde-apps/kwrite/Manifest b/kde-apps/kwrite/Manifest
index cacdf7c0ba67..91b8ec9e91da 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kwrite/Manifest
+++ b/kde-apps/kwrite/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST kate-25.08.2.tar.xz 8417408 BLAKE2B 4c58fe97d297e2ee2493f71c8b8c9db68fa266385ce082d3281380b3fde2e9c6753e8fd70886cbf6bfe6ae6899e1babff22d03a3673a8d23d033cfff7a91cbfb SHA512 bfeea73e6a17b60044a16ee9ffc950645201766789dd863edbe455d71df47752e18edf6821fc400675766ec680679f7e92d9aa6f8861062b2a35b26b4b250538
 DIST kate-25.08.3.tar.xz 8418112 BLAKE2B e3809bde6657c4b87b9a6dfc6217316a897dd10a360c46431805cb967eb9c1ecad022be694246561022e65b07d4ec4845ab6605bd6d0e80545f0ad882607682a SHA512 078a05db1e22c171a4c9341f079427ff7c7e4b7c4ec54b65e16d48b6c8139f3ac7fad64dd9fab74cd3602f5fe93cf9e5025e6921e47b157ed81ceaad1eb398f6
diff --git a/kde-apps/kwrite/kwrite-25.08.2.ebuild b/kde-apps/kwrite/kwrite-25.08.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index f6930f6c843e..000000000000
--- a/kde-apps/kwrite/kwrite-25.08.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-KDE_ORG_NAME="kate"
-ECM_HANDBOOK="forceoff"
-KFMIN=6.16.0
-QTMIN=6.9.1
-inherit ecm flag-o-matic gear.kde.org xdg
-
-DESCRIPTION="Simple text editor based on KDE Frameworks"
-HOMEPAGE="https://apps.kde.org/kwrite/"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2" # TODO: CHECK
-SLOT="6"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 ~loong ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-IUSE=""
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[gui,widgets]
-	~kde-apps/kate-lib-${PV}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${KFMIN}:6
-	>=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${KFMIN}:6
-	virtual/libintl
-"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	>=kde-apps/kate-common-${PV}
-"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	ecm_src_prepare
-	ecm_punt_po_install
-
-	# these tests are run in kde-apps/kate-lib
-	cmake_run_in apps/lib cmake_comment_add_subdirectory autotests
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_addons=FALSE
-		-DBUILD_kate=FALSE
-	)
-
-	# provided by kde-apps/kate-lib
-	append-libs -lkateprivate
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	ecm_src_install
-
-	# provided by kde-apps/kate-lib
-	rm -v "${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/libkateprivate.so.* || die
-}