diff --git a/media-libs/dr_flac/Manifest b/media-libs/dr_flac/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 00f10dde88..0000000000
--- a/media-libs/dr_flac/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DIST dr_flac-0.12.43.gh.tar.gz 519168 BLAKE2B c7104aa98900adb52ce8a0138f46493bcf284196e191373c77e07bf3af0b951d1d13b65fef33bbc8836849f36781c118672a5b7503d2ecb56602e9e0a80420c7 SHA512 840c917712eaca69f1b402e87ce14c325d0e174ffccecc2dd5eb699620d3b23b308b29a657195a7b1d1643fca76357c2f778e2e863e650382ddf2fa2dabc99c8
-DIST flac-test-files-aa7b0c6cf32994c106ae517a08134c28a96ff5b2.gh.tar.gz 209728991 BLAKE2B 7e25dd97bfb0099fa6f76c6b3de65ce6ce951c9b88e0f963319d8a7981237c2b1b6510706c8c4c6cd38e0672b6c0e7213baf8d9448d96b74e495625f0c61a0ea SHA512 4aa8b0061d5b5691dfac49490309020918253965ec05353ef8d12b660bc9d484e500859c0f733ce51630867bf5469893417367d04ce098a60c18a47831384dee
diff --git a/media-libs/dr_flac/dr_flac-0.12.43.ebuild b/media-libs/dr_flac/dr_flac-0.12.43.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e5fea3114..0000000000
--- a/media-libs/dr_flac/dr_flac-0.12.43.ebuild
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@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2023-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit eapi9-pipestatus edo toolchain-funcs
-
-declare -A COMMITS=(
-	[dr_flac]="a1dd66cb680522a753bac7dff306b4a1cfd75e26"
-	[testbench]="aa7b0c6cf32994c106ae517a08134c28a96ff5b2"
-)
-
-DESCRIPTION="Single-header FLAC audio decoder library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mackron/dr_libs/"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/mackron/dr_libs/archive/${COMMITS[dr_flac]}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
-test? ( https://github.com/ietf-wg-cellar/flac-test-files/archive/${COMMITS[testbench]}.tar.gz
-		-> flac-test-files-${COMMITS[testbench]}.gh.tar.gz )"
-
-S="${WORKDIR}/dr_libs-${COMMITS[dr_flac]}"
-
-LICENSE="|| ( MIT-0 public-domain )"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-
-IUSE="test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-BDEPEND="test? ( media-libs/flac )"
-
-TESTCASES=(
-	dr_flac_seeking.c
-	dr_flac_{decoding,test_0}.{c,cpp}
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	if use test; then
-		# Sanitize testbench and move to expected location
-		find "${WORKDIR}"/flac-test-files-${COMMITS[testbench]}/subset -type f \
-			 \! -name "*.flac" -delete || die
-		mv -T "${WORKDIR}"/flac-test-files-${COMMITS[testbench]}/subset \
-		   tests/testvectors/flac/testbench || die
-
-		# Disable profiling tests as they are not relevant downstream.
-		for tcase in ${TESTCASES[@]}; do
-			sed -i "s/doProfiling = DRFLAC_TRUE/doProfiling = DRFLAC_FALSE/" \
-				tests/flac/$tcase || die "sed failed on tests/flac/$tcase"
-		done
-
-	fi
-
-	awk '/Introduction/,/\*\//' dr_flac.h | sed '$d' > README
-	pipestatus || die
-	awk '/REVISION HISTORY/,/\*\//' dr_flac.h | sed '$d' > CHANGELOG
-	pipestatus || die
-	default
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	if use test; then
-		local MY_{C,CC,CXX,BUILD,FLAGS}
-		MY_CC=$(tc-getCC)
-		MY_CXX=$(tc-getCXX)
-
-		pushd tests > /dev/null || die
-		for tcase in ${TESTCASES[@]}; do
-			case ${tcase} in
-				*.cpp)
-					MY_C=${MY_CXX}
-					MY_FLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}
-					;;
-				*.c)
-					MY_C=${MY_CC}
-					MY_FLAGS=${CFLAGS}
-					;;
-				*)
-					die "Unknown test case ${tcase}"
-					;;
-			esac
-			MY_BUILD="${MY_C} flac/${tcase} -o bin/${tcase} ${MY_FLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}"
-			case ${tcase%.*} in
-				dr_flac_seeking)
-				;&
-				dr_flac_decoding)
-					MY_BUILD="${MY_BUILD} -lFLAC ${LDFLAGS}"
-					;;
-				*)
-					;;
-			esac
-			edo ${MY_BUILD}
-		done
-		popd || die
-	fi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	pushd tests > /dev/null || die
-	for tcase in ${TESTCASES[@]}; do
-		edo bin/${tcase}
-	done
-	popd || die
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	einstalldocs
-	doheader dr_flac.h
-}
diff --git a/media-libs/dr_flac/metadata.xml b/media-libs/dr_flac/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b41d45a1f..0000000000
--- a/media-libs/dr_flac/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>watermanpaint@posteo.net</email>
-    <name>Lucio Sauer</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="github">mackron/dr_libs</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
-</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index b4acd827f2..aa6d0a8dc6 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ dev-python/json-schema-for-humans
 # Removal on 2026-02-14
 dev-util/cmakelang
 
-# Lucio Sauer <watermanpaint@posteo.net> (2026-01-04)
-# Header-only libraries without consumers
-# Removal on 2026-02-04
-media-libs/dr_flac
-
 # Anna (cybertailor) Vyalkova <cyber+gentoo@sysrq.in> (2026-01-04)
 # Replaced by phosh-base/phosh-osk-stevia.
 # Removal on 2026-02-04.