diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
index e23dfb0664..929f8d58e6 100644
--- a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/Manifest
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-DIST forgejo-runner-12.8.0-deps.tar.xz 96869372 BLAKE2B f1d88d469cfa46c0f955e70d0dd2391f18c66fd9a58bb6d5b72379fb32cf565711baa6d5b08fec16064792d41d93dd993c9a7926e843d30d01fdd87babe49319 SHA512 480f4ae04cbe3b96f479225fd24ad44f33b82298ba907df067cdd8c13fae1361a0e729c989875c086821298c066898e5b96c3589004db972eca69068ea56fe8a
-DIST forgejo-runner-12.8.0.tar.gz 3507963 BLAKE2B 49e22e42763ef0dc04f6c710848e14fe5b91ee353880d6dec66b7d14092a9adc6c5aa59d3780258f996d9c0483a6b4b233028f69030051495e8f224553cf006a SHA512 0ba0f3d5dd4598169a3358d574af8a07c19f284b231372a8a9aa7e99c6f6b24d5e48ebdc0914788a1b4a213e02878e6ce0d8b16495b6d0ee1a3b443f8d6770e8
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.8.2-deps.tar.xz 96869372 BLAKE2B f1d88d469cfa46c0f955e70d0dd2391f18c66fd9a58bb6d5b72379fb32cf565711baa6d5b08fec16064792d41d93dd993c9a7926e843d30d01fdd87babe49319 SHA512 480f4ae04cbe3b96f479225fd24ad44f33b82298ba907df067cdd8c13fae1361a0e729c989875c086821298c066898e5b96c3589004db972eca69068ea56fe8a
 DIST forgejo-runner-12.8.2.tar.gz 3516111 BLAKE2B 516cf5da900cff712f305794a084cbfd97164369d37b28555c79cc2a17fb4cdf85a49b1c5aa1fc3158d9096c0bb17a440cac4be08e27d474f296c1891a24973d SHA512 9445183082857e2b4d70530c418fa8fb97f4faf077a12ed0c731a1b9bf822b360413a193838628f7120043009f64f319422b7885eb1cdca083b05b81c08bc824
diff --git a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.8.0.ebuild b/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.8.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 7374532d68..0000000000
--- a/dev-util/forgejo-runner/forgejo-runner-12.8.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-inherit go-module systemd
-
-DESCRIPTION="A daemon that connects to a Forgejo instance and runs jobs for CI"
-HOMEPAGE="https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner https://forgejo.org/docs/next/admin/actions/"
-
-if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
-	inherit git-r3
-	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner.git"
-else
-	SRC_URI="
-		https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
-		https://github.com/gentoo-golang-dist/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}-deps.tar.xz
-	"
-	S="${WORKDIR}/runner"
-
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
-fi
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="examples +docker podman lxc"
-RESTRICT="mirror test"
-REQUIRED_USE="|| ( docker podman lxc )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	>=dev-lang/go-1.25.8
-"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	acct-user/${PN}[docker=,podman=,lxc=]
-"
-
-src_unpack() {
-	if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
-		git-r3_src_unpack
-		go-module_live_vendor
-	else
-		go-module_src_unpack
-	fi
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	sed \
-		-e "/ExecStart=/s#=.*#=${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/forgejo-runner daemon -c %h/runner-config.yml#g" \
-		-e "/ExecReload=/s#=#=${EPREFIX}#g" \
-		-e "/User=/s#=.*#=${PN}#g" \
-		-e '/WorkingDirectory=/s#=.*#=~#g' \
-		-i contrib/forgejo-runner.service || die
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	# export version information
-	# https://github.com/gentoo/guru/pull/205
-	# https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8831646.html
-	local VERSION
-	if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]]; then
-		VERSION="$(
-			git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=7 --long --dirty --always \
-			| sed -e "s/^v//g"
-		)"
-	else
-		VERSION="${PVR}"
-	fi
-
-	local EXTRA_GOFLAGS_LD=(
-		# "-w" # disable DWARF generation
-		# "-s" # disable symbol table
-		"-X=code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/v11/internal/pkg/ver.version=v${VERSION}"
-	)
-
-	GOFLAGS+=" '-ldflags=${EXTRA_GOFLAGS_LD[*]}'"
-
-	ego build -tags 'netgo osusergo' -o forgejo-runner
-
-	# Makefile does this
-	# emake forgejo-runner
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	dobin forgejo-runner
-
-	systemd_dounit "contrib/forgejo-runner.service"
-
-	dodoc "README.md"
-	if use examples; then
-		dodoc -r "examples"
-		docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples"
-	fi
-}