diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kservice/Manifest b/kde-frameworks/kservice/Manifest
index a28fea227b12a..c959b20bc199a 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kservice/Manifest
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kservice/Manifest
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 DIST kservice-5.70.0.tar.xz 259024 BLAKE2B c5613e1dcaa310459441f20e9f22b51d1b98b3a17cbab2da1e9f690ecc1bb8a663d1406ad254730e209021b5d9029da51691cc2e8c6056afaf6ef0760d1d9f77 SHA512 059827da605fcc29565e03f7b5f9f4130e039ee431d7b1f104da5c39fce69197136eca62f7036060b4bbc471aadbe43b062fa8315b8cd0021eeaf13b772f2f47
-DIST kservice-5.73.0.tar.xz 259876 BLAKE2B c9aa6b923449ac0d271a182974c7c51619f3f47e542da941d9391a68b8f4a52abf846ba770931ec85370d4cab34af1af3ce08b24cda4b075369dcbe6db296432 SHA512 cb1d8974746b1db1eb0fb7f2748ba309798f6507e90311116b7ab4041694a0320b9244d6f98a58f4f2e5ff29c03e7957e30ddb1ccac51e0e4ca7e79d25fb9191
 DIST kservice-5.74.0.tar.xz 258552 BLAKE2B 16400aa4f21a093c66c21d7911f9082c094f27ac559ad66b94c68a43a0f1cff6627ae3ad32e75fbaac6c93c1c6cd6cb37bc9be4a6051b670c104785cd82aa9cc SHA512 7756047069ff22d1e78494770ec3fb56a07ce96459a759b8275188f75a9e9e5d334df0f7bc7c09fdf6f357c0e144cc115ba077a15079f8598bb042f37e5ce490
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kservice/kservice-5.73.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kservice/kservice-5.73.0.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8649f8107e7c8..0000000000000
--- a/kde-frameworks/kservice/kservice-5.73.0.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-PVCUT=$(ver_cut 1-2)
-QTMIN=5.14.2
-inherit ecm kde.org
-
-DESCRIPTION="Advanced plugin and service introspection"
-
-LICENSE="LGPL-2 LGPL-2.1+"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
-IUSE="+man"
-
-BDEPEND="
-	sys-devel/bison
-	sys-devel/flex
-	man? ( >=kde-frameworks/kdoctools-${PVCUT}:5 )
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtdbus-${QTMIN}:5
-	>=dev-qt/qtxml-${QTMIN}:5
-	=kde-frameworks/kconfig-${PVCUT}*:5
-	=kde-frameworks/kcoreaddons-${PVCUT}*:5
-	=kde-frameworks/kcrash-${PVCUT}*:5
-	=kde-frameworks/kdbusaddons-${PVCUT}*:5
-	=kde-frameworks/ki18n-${PVCUT}*:5
-"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( >=dev-qt/qtconcurrent-${QTMIN}:5 )
-"
-
-# requires running kde environment
-RESTRICT+=" test"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DAPPLICATIONS_MENU_NAME=kf5-applications.menu
-		$(cmake_use_find_package man KF5DocTools)
-	)
-
-	ecm_src_configure
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	ecm_src_install
-
-	# bug 596316
-	dosym kf5-applications.menu /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu
-}