diff --git a/kde-plasma/metadata.xml b/kde-plasma/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb573f2c78..0000000000
--- a/kde-plasma/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE catmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<catmetadata>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-		The kde-plasma category contains packages for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
-	</longdescription>
-</catmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/categories b/profiles/categories
index b5ec8a2278..5b14684b2d 100644
--- a/profiles/categories
+++ b/profiles/categories
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ dev-nim
 dev-zig
 mpv-plugin
 net-client
-kde-plasma
 phosh-base