diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-attica/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-attica/recipe.toml
index 0d5c2f0cd5..5258faa23b 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-attica/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-attica/recipe.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Provides KF6::Attica cmake target needed by kf6-knewstuff.
 # QML, tests, and examples disabled.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/attica-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "aac451264d6890739fd0624972231573013b52af0be5ff4940a5ee16efd263f6"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/attica-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "140fb7127ed56aa35e95eda96f6b933f727f418f9bc4c2d6e776aea457f29b6c"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(autotests)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(examples)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcolorscheme/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcolorscheme/recipe.toml
index 30ec1dd14e..da4eb82bfb 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcolorscheme/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcolorscheme/recipe.toml
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6.*Gui)/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # kcolorschemehelpers_p.h uses qApp->property(...).toString() without
 # including <QVariant>. Add it.
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kconfigwidgets/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kconfigwidgets/recipe.toml
index 6f03e71616..45adf3fbb5 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kconfigwidgets/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kconfigwidgets/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KConfigWidgets — configuration widgets, KConfigXT. Depends on qtbase, kf6-kconfig, kf6-kcoreaddons, kf6-ki18n, kf6-kwidgetsaddons, kf6-kcodecs, kf6-kauth, kf6-kguiaddons, kf6-kcolorscheme.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kconfigwidgets-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "534fc5732c7c4df3dc652c1a5b9ae7983e7862c82110df24669f8ea748a241c8"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kconfigwidgets-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "ff488487687205bbb850cf01ae3f1b081fb25608e1a4f924c8f1663827931e28"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ HOST_BUILD="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/build/qt-host-build"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6.*Widgets)/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
index 5d07f9f926..7793bb319b 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KCrash — crash handler, backtrace generation. OpenGL deps disabled for software rendering.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kcrash-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "40acc9c6f77333fcc590e7da50348c17944c226fdff06a7ff2466c8aeb01e176"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kcrash-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "cf42edc13649c9c4ae25df41550bbd0f64c2bab5ffcc4d27baf258c84596b1c2"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -29,26 +29,13 @@ OPENGLEOF
 
 redbear_qt_prepare_common_sysroot "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i "s/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i "/find_package(Qt6.*Widgets)/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i "s/find_package(Qt6.*REQUIRED Core Gui) OpenGL)/find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Gui)/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i "s/target_link_libraries(KF6Crash PRIVATE Qt6::Gui Qt6::OpenGL/target_link_libraries(KF6Crash PRIVATE Qt6::Gui/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i "s/find_package(Qt6Test.*REQUIRED)/#find_package(Qt6Test REQUIRED)/" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 KCRASH_SRC="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kcrash.cpp"
-sed -i '/^QString glRenderer()/,/^}$/c\
-QString glRenderer()\
-{\
-    return QString();\
-}' "${KCRASH_SRC}"
 
 # Stub out setgroups() call - Redox kernel lacks credential syscalls
-sed -i 's/setgroups(0, nullptr);/\/\/ setgroups not available on Redox/' "${KCRASH_SRC}"
 
 if ! grep -q "<grp.h>" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kcrash.cpp"; then
     printf "%s\n" "#include <grp.h>" "#include <sys/resource.h>" "#include <sys/wait.h>" > /tmp/wait_h.txt
-    sed -i "\\/<sys.resource.h>/{
         r /tmp/wait_h.txt
         d
     }" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kcrash.cpp"
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kguiaddons/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kguiaddons/recipe.toml
index 9e3f61af85..4f260b532a 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kguiaddons/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kguiaddons/recipe.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
index 8ee4ef68e4..17a0caeee5 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KI18n — internationalization framework, gettext integration. Depends on qtbase, qtdeclarative, kf6-extra-cmake-modules.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/ki18n-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "1081644f3a33029ea3490e3b2ebd85cec0c021780af8b78d1dfd0df75e883538"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/ki18n-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "c5321c29c642606e503f052e799c91dd83735d283b537568e3b8e1fb45875a6e"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -18,17 +18,9 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Build the QML-facing i18n library needed by KNewStuffWidgets. Keep the
 # locale-data QML plugin disabled until its runtime data surface is packaged.
-sed -i 's/^#    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/    add_subdirectory(i18n-qml)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^    add_subdirectory(localedata-qml)/#    add_subdirectory(localedata-qml)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kiconthemes/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kiconthemes/recipe.toml
index 67f67a5f74..1c0d81d3e3 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kiconthemes/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kiconthemes/recipe.toml
@@ -26,27 +26,12 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6Widgets/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(qml)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(qml)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6.*Qml Quick)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/if (KICONTHEMES_USE_QTQUICK)/if (FALSE)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/set(KICONTHEMES_USE_QTQUICK ON)/set(KICONTHEMES_USE_QTQUICK OFF)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/set(USE_BreezeIcons_DEFAULT ON)/set(USE_BreezeIcons_DEFAULT OFF)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
 
 SYSROOT="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
 SYSROOT_LIB="${SYSROOT}/lib"
-find "${SYSROOT}/lib/cmake/Qt6Svg" -name '*.cmake' -exec sed -i \
-    "s|/usr/lib|${SYSROOT_LIB}|g" {} + 2>/dev/null || true
 mkdir -p "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib"
 for lib in "${SYSROOT}/lib/libQt6Svg"*; do
     [ -f "${lib}" ] || continue
@@ -56,6 +41,13 @@ for lib in "${SYSROOT}/lib/libQt6Svg"*; do
     fi
 done
 
+mkdir -p "${SYSROOT}/lib"
+if [ -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" ] && [ ! -f "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" ]; then
+    x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,liblzma.so.5 -Wl,--whole-archive \
+        -o "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" \
+        "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" -Wl,--no-whole-archive 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
 # Cross-compilation workaround: GLESv2 test compile fails. Force-set vars.
 export GLESv2_LIBRARY="${SYSROOT}/lib/libGLESv2.so"
 export GLESv2_INCLUDE_DIR="${SYSROOT}/include"
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kidletime/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kidletime/recipe.toml
index 75a14da222..c3b7889bda 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kidletime/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kidletime/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # KIdleTime — idle time detection. Used by KWin for screen dimming/locking.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kidletime-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "60941f1ba75f7b631daa2b3674209225dd6480916f812a3169336104eac3f840"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kidletime-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "257b2515b84d575ea1173cf71053261509b417b20a83d497e182a2e4f5ed44a0"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
     -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \
     -DWITH_X11=OFF \
-    -DWITH_WAYLAND=ON \
+    -DWITH_WAYLAND=OFF \
     -DQT_SKIP_AUTO_PLUGIN_INCLUSION=ON \
     -Wno-dev
 
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kimageformats/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kimageformats/recipe.toml
index 880f299b94..03443c9874 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kimageformats/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kimageformats/recipe.toml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kio/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kio/recipe.toml
index 0f463952f7..fb1609b1b5 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kio/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kio/recipe.toml
@@ -55,28 +55,17 @@ done
 # workerinterface.cpp calls KIO::HostInfo::lookupHost which needs
 # hostinfo.cpp — but hostinfo.cpp still isn't in the cmake source list.
 # Replace the call with a direct QHostInfo::fromName.
-sed -i 's/const QHostInfo info = HostInfo::lookupHost(hostName, 1500);/const QHostInfo info = QHostInfo::fromName(hostName);/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/workerinterface.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 # Also remove the hostinfo.h include — no longer needed
-sed -i '/#include "hostinfo.h"/d' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/workerinterface.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Full KIO builds link Qt6::Network from multiple subdirectories, but the
 # top-level Qt6 package import omits the Network component by default.
-sed -i 's/find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Widgets Concurrent Xml)/find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Widgets Concurrent Xml Network)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 # Remove Qt6Test (not built for Redox)
-sed -i 's/ Test//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/Qt6::Test//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # KIOGui still reaches KIO::HostInfo; make sure the existing hostinfo.cpp
 # implementation is actually built into KIOCore.
 if ! grep -q 'hostinfo.cpp' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null; then
-    sed -i '/workerinterface.cpp/a\\  hostinfo.cpp' \
-        "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 # Skip the Q_OS_UNIX-only block in hostinfo.cpp that needs arpa/nameser.h
-sed -i 's|^#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX$|#if 0 // Redox: arpa/nameser.h unavailable|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/hostinfo.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 # Add a closing #endif before the original #endif
 python3 - <<'PY'
 import os
@@ -92,19 +81,11 @@ PY
 # Redox only needs the core/gui/widgets libraries here; skip worker/daemon and
 # extra runtime/plugin subdirectories that still depend on unsupported Qt SSL,
 # SysV IPC, and broader runtime surfaces.
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(kioworkers)/d; /add_subdirectory(schemehandlers)/d; /add_subdirectory(kiod)/d; /add_subdirectory(kssld)/d; /add_subdirectory(kpasswdserver)/d; /add_subdirectory(kioexec)/d; /add_subdirectory(filewidgets)/d; /add_subdirectory(urifilters)/d' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # LibMount/ACL are Linux-only and unavailable on Redox
-sed -i '/find_package(LibMount REQUIRED)/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(ACL/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(LibMount REQUIRED)/set(HAVE_LIB_MOUNT FALSE)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(ACL.*)/set(HAVE_LIBACL FALSE)\nset(HAVE_POSIX_ACL FALSE)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # KIOGui uses QHostInfo in full builds, so import QtNetwork on the GUI target.
 if ! grep -q 'Qt6::Network' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null; then
-    sed -i '/Qt6::Gui/a\\    Qt6::Network' \
-        "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 # PreviewJob uses KConfigGroup which works on Redox. No patch needed.
@@ -185,12 +166,8 @@ rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
 
 # Disable po/mo generation that needs msgfmt and network
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 # QSslError::NoSslSupport was removed in Qt 6.7+
-sed -i 's/QSslError::NoSslSupport/QSslError::NoPeerCertificate/g' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/ksslcertificatemanager.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 # SSL is a stub on Redox; remove SSL manager from build
-sed -i '/ksslcertificatemanager.cpp/d; /ksslerroruidata.cpp/d' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/core/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/recipes/qt/redox-toolchain.cmake" \
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kitemmodels/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kitemmodels/recipe.toml
index 8593b2b512..e7de210156 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kitemmodels/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kitemmodels/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KItemModels — Qt model framework extensions (KDescendantsProxyModel, KConcatenateRowsProxyModel, etc.)
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kitemmodels-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "347d253fd01ddcb7683ed84397adf62ef61530dae0e7a9f53120d0b8c9c95954"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kitemmodels-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "c7d8ee3c4d89525064416876a892447fa45e2d6975dfc93deab7f90afc30d9ce"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-    sed -i '/add_subdirectory(qml)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
     # Ensure Qt6Qml is NOT found - rename qml dir to prevent Qt from auto-detecting it
     if [ -d "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/qml" ]; then
         mv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/qml" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/qml.disabled"
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-knewstuff/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-knewstuff/recipe.toml
index eac790ac78..c9a59aedce 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-knewstuff/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-knewstuff/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KNewStuff — core-only build on Redox. Qt Quick, widgets, tools, and Kirigami-facing surfaces disabled. KF6Attica now available in-tree (kf6-attica recipe).
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/knewstuff-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "32d7592cd0c686da62afc7c83994658ae4dce1fc47e3a7aa170765b23ce8681b"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/knewstuff-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "cb326c404a69cbbf270bc68d5af3d0026d63e9ae07cdb40e7ccf193e9c3ead82"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -25,20 +25,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i 's/^include(ECMQmlModule)/# include(ECMQmlModule) # disabled for Redox core-only build/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^find_package(KF6Kirigami2.*/# find_package(KF6Kirigami2 disabled for Redox core-only build)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^# find_package(KF6Attica disabled - KF6Attica not yet available)/find_package(KF6Attica ${KF_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^add_subdirectory(qtquick)/# add_subdirectory(qtquick) # disabled for Redox core-only build/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^add_subdirectory(tools)/# add_subdirectory(tools) # disabled for Redox core-only build/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^add_subdirectory(tools)/# add_subdirectory(tools) # disabled for Redox core-only build/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kpackage/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kpackage/recipe.toml
index a75ebd914e..ac7036073c 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kpackage/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kpackage/recipe.toml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(qml)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
@@ -35,11 +29,19 @@ rm -rf CMakeFiles
 export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -llzma -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined"
 
 SYSROOT="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-if [ -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "${SYSROOT}/lib"
-    ln -sf liblzma.a "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5" 2>/dev/null || true
+mkdir -p "${SYSROOT}/lib"
+if [ -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" ] && [ ! -f "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" ]; then
+    # xz recipe only ships liblzma.a; build a shared object from it so that
+    # libKF6Archive.so's NEEDED liblzma.so.5 can be resolved at link time.
+    x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,liblzma.so.5 \
+        -o "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" \
+        "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" 2>/dev/null || true
     cp -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.a" "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.a" 2>/dev/null || true
-    ln -sf liblzma.a "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+if [ -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.so" ]; then
+    cp -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5" "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5" 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.so" "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so" 2>/dev/null || true
+    cp -f "${SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.13" "${SYSROOT}/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.13" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" \
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-llzma -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined" \
-    -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined" \
+    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-L${SYSROOT}/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,${SYSROOT}/usr/lib -llzma -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined" \
+    -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-L${SYSROOT}/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,${SYSROOT}/usr/lib -Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined" \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
     -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \
     -DBUILD_WITH_QML=OFF \
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kservice/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kservice/recipe.toml
index a5b2707558..df18243383 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kservice/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kservice/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KService — service and plugin framework, .desktop file parsing. Needs kf6-kdbusaddons.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kservice-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "c30cd07fa6dbf9fa470652e0573193eea0137e8d9b00d512091f2d40f77ca432"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kservice-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "56e6a42b7eac30b490d1f9db47064b0460bc6252d09525de06c78eb1f92bd6e3"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ksvg/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ksvg/recipe.toml
index 6ab49bd6b0..db43681223 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ksvg/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ksvg/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KSvg — SVG rendering library with theme re-coloring and disk caching
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/ksvg-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "f580a845e927dfd72e652642713eb3fd20ee8fcfe3b0b832ebcfdcf157e41ef0"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/ksvg-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "d4828599e691021eba202d5af37c718d0479bc60d71781aba93911b32b508086"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -22,16 +22,8 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Disable QML/Quick declarative imports — not needed without Qt6Quick
-sed -i 's/^include(ECMGenerateQmlTypes)/#include(ECMGenerateQmlTypes)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^include(ECMQmlModule)/#include(ECMQmlModule)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktexteditor/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktexteditor/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fa91e87ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktexteditor/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#TODO: KTextEditor — KDE text editor component (KParts-based). Wraps katepart.
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/ktexteditor-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "0a6627bc56a7dd6fc66883f0c8ec574a2455e7f43239018d46cfc774bbb68081"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "qtbase",
+    "kf6-extra-cmake-modules",
+    "kf6-karchive",
+    "kf6-kconfig",
+    "kf6-kguiaddons",
+    "kf6-ki18n",
+    "kf6-kio",
+    "kf6-parts",
+    "kf6-sonnet",
+    "kf6-syntaxhighlighting",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+HOST_BUILD="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/build/qt-host-build"
+source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
+
+redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
+
+# Disable QTextToSpeech include unconditionally in all files
+for f in "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/view/kateview.cpp" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/utils/kateglobal.cpp" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/utils/kateglobal.h"; do
+    [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+done
+# Disable speechEngine usage in kateview.cpp and kateglobal.cpp
+python3 - <<'PY'
+import os
+# Replace the entire speechEngine function body to return nullptr
+p = os.environ["COOKBOOK_SOURCE"] + "/src/utils/kateglobal.cpp"
+text = open(p).read()
+old_marker = "QTextToSpeech *KTextEditor::EditorPrivate::speechEngine("
+idx = text.find(old_marker)
+if idx >= 0:
+    # Find the opening { and the matching }
+    brace_count = 0
+    started = False
+    end_idx = idx
+    for i in range(idx, len(text)):
+        if text[i] == '{':
+            brace_count += 1
+            started = True
+        elif text[i] == '}':
+            brace_count -= 1
+            if started and brace_count == 0:
+                end_idx = i + 1
+                break
+    if end_idx > idx:
+        replacement = "QTextToSpeech *KTextEditor::EditorPrivate::speechEngine(KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view) { Q_UNUSED(view); return nullptr; }"
+        text = text[:idx] + replacement + text[end_idx:]
+open(p, "w").write(text)
+# In kateview.cpp, also handle lambda functions that use speechEngine
+p2 = os.environ["COOKBOOK_SOURCE"] + "/src/view/kateview.cpp"
+text2 = open(p2).read()
+text2 = text2.replace("EditorPrivate::self()->speechEngine(this)->", "if (false) (QTextToSpeech*)nullptr->")
+open(p2, "w").write(text2)
+PY
+
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+rm -rf CMakeFiles
+
+cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \\
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/recipes/qt/redox-toolchain.cmake" \\
+    -DQT_HOST_PATH="${HOST_BUILD}" \\
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \\
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \\
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" \\
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \\
+    -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \\
+    -DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF \\
+    -Wno-dev
+
+cmake --build . -j${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}
+cmake --install . --prefix "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr"
+
+for lib in "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/"libKF6*.so.*; do
+    [ -f "${lib}" ] || continue
+    patchelf --remove-rpath "${lib}" 2>/dev/null || true
+done
+"""
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktextwidgets/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktextwidgets/recipe.toml
index 9f2cbabd78..c08134d66b 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktextwidgets/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktextwidgets/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KTextWidgets — text editing widgets. Depends on kf6-sonnet for spell-check integration.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/ktextwidgets-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "9caf4ceba2c24bae2d890cbe84d5d2d69fddda572253a96c4c5f739b7f8dae5a"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/ktextwidgets-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "935305093399537dda888fb145998d2c9eaad75e0e18aa92a5cd80d31d9c4878"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
 
 redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6.*Widgets)/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwallet/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwallet/recipe.toml
index 3962fe1123..925e942350 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwallet/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwallet/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: KWallet — build the real KF6 client library on Redox; kwalletd, kwallet-query, translations, and X11 runtime paths stay disabled until the broader runtime service surface is proven.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kwallet-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "717ba7a05d459d9400e59a0a86c6efed76a103e04a59ea849f1b765cc28c4548"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kwallet-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "da2f7b6693e2526ed377961dd7b141a41910d128a39c29cd6e1cd343dedaf0a2"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i 's/^find_package(KF6WindowSystem .* REQUIRED)/# find_package(KF6WindowSystem disabled for Redox API-only build)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^find_package(KF6I18n .* REQUIRED)/# find_package(KF6I18n disabled for Redox API-only build)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
@@ -42,7 +36,10 @@ cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
     -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \
     -DBUILD_KWALLETD=OFF \
     -DBUILD_KWALLET_QUERY=OFF \
+    -DBUILD_KSECRETD=OFF \
     -DWITH_X11=OFF \
+    -DWITH_GPGMEPPP=OFF \
+    -DWITH_KNOTIFICATIONS=OFF \
     -Wno-dev
 
 cmake --build . -j${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kxmlgui/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kxmlgui/recipe.toml
index f987a60b01..141780c0f6 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kxmlgui/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-kxmlgui/recipe.toml
@@ -30,25 +30,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/find_package(Qt6.*Widgets)/a find_package(Qt6GuiPrivate ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} REQUIRED)' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/add_subdirectory(qml)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/Network//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/PrintSupport//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/Qt6::Network//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/Qt6::PrintSupport//' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/Qt6::CorePrivate/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's|^#include.*QPrintDialog|//&|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kshortcutseditor.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's|^#include.*QPrinter|//&|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kshortcutseditor.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/#ifndef _WIN32_WCE/#if 0/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kshortcutseditor.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's|^#include.*private.*qlocale_p|//&|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kswitchlanguagedialog_p.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's|.*QSystemLocale.*|//&|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kswitchlanguagedialog_p.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's|.*delete dummy;.*|//&|' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/src/kswitchlanguagedialog_p.cpp" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-parts/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-parts/recipe.toml
index 7545e7b072..8c378a5703 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-parts/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-parts/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #TODO: KF6Parts — KDE KPart component framework for embedding plugins.
 # Required by konsole for KPart terminal embedding.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/kparts-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "9c734bcf058a9e7515f2c92b24515d7bc1857ecf3c78881bfa7d5f09d98a30ce"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kparts-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "d6dd0c4c14bd6d12efd79814f62caea4521ec367bf43245cf90d9bf01c9c5d00"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Widgets Xml)/find_package(Qt6 ${REQUIRED_QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Widgets Xml Network)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/if (BUILD_TESTING)/,/endif()/s/^/#/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-plasma-activities/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-plasma-activities/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c5de4b32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-plasma-activities/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#TODO: KF6PlasmaActivities — KDE Plasma activities library.
+# Provides Plasma::Activities and PlasmaActivitiesConfig.cmake.
+# Required by plasma-framework (KDE Plasma 6.x). Built from upstream tarball.
+[source]
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/6.6.5/plasma-activities-6.6.5.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "d716907fcb7a10be0875287cb3adfdaf2b99c4432327d8e74fd2cc77c89ca567"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "qtbase",
+    "kf6-extra-cmake-modules",
+    "kf6-kcoreaddons",
+    "kf6-ki18n",
+    "kf6-kconfig",
+    "kf6-kwindowsystem",
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+HOST_BUILD="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/build/qt-host-build"
+source "${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/scripts/lib/qt-sysroot.sh"
+
+redbear_qt_link_sysroot_dirs "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" plugins mkspecs metatypes modules
+
+
+rm -f CMakeCache.txt
+rm -rf CMakeFiles
+
+cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \\
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${COOKBOOK_ROOT}/local/recipes/qt/redox-toolchain.cmake" \\
+    -DQT_HOST_PATH="${HOST_BUILD}" \\
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \\
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \\
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 \\
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED=ON \\
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}" \\
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \\
+    -DBUILD_QCH=OFF \\
+    -Wno-dev
+
+cmake --build . -j${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}
+cmake --install . --prefix "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr"
+"""
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-prison/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-prison/recipe.toml
index 84012a2d7e..fc55ba79f2 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-prison/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-prison/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #TODO: Prison — barcode/QR code framework. Build the core KF6 library now; Data Matrix, scanner, and QML paths stay disabled on Redox.
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.24/prison-6.24.0.tar.xz"
-blake3 = "322b4abe952a082c9bff8e38abf3e047e7550e5d36b3bc74dbacbed249b5721e"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/prison-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "2ce0fae697ab529dbb52881a5c78bcd5ccbc0cdf98d0b359ce8d943ec020af10"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-pty/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-pty/recipe.toml
index 240e9deba9..f9637b5a42 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/kf6-pty/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/kf6-pty/recipe.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #TODO: KF6Pty — pseudo terminal framework required by Konsole.
 # UTEMPTER optional; openpty/login path expected to work on Redox via libc/pty.h.
 [source]
-tar = "https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kpty/-/archive/v6.10.0/kpty-v6.10.0.tar.gz"
+tar = "https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/6.26/kpty-6.26.0.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "4f3c1340dec62699c4bafea9cab1b84d4a01c31bb3de58bdb9b562cb85f3d1a4"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
@@ -22,14 +23,6 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/if (BUILD_TESTING)/,/endif()/s/^/#/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/find_package(UTEMPTER)/# find_package(UTEMPTER disabled on Redox)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/recipes/kde/plasma-framework/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/kde/plasma-framework/recipe.toml
index 9150e52a05..c042e899d1 100644
--- a/local/recipes/kde/plasma-framework/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/kde/plasma-framework/recipe.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "kf6-kwindowsystem",
     "kf6-knotifications",
     "kf6-kguiaddons",
+    "kf6-ksvg",
+    "kf6-plasma-activities",
 ]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
@@ -33,11 +35,13 @@ for qtdir in plugins mkspecs metatypes modules; do
     fi
 done
 
-sed -i "s/^ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/#ecm_install_po_files_as_qm/" \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i 's/^ki18n_install(po)/#ki18n_install(po)/' \
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
-sed -i '/include(ECMQmlModule)/s/^/#/' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
+# PlasmaActivities is not yet packaged for Red Bear; make it optional (downstream
+# already gates the consuming code on KF6Activities availability).
+# Wayland deps not yet built for Red Bear; make them optional (consumed code
+# paths are guarded by the corresponding _FOUND variables).
+# QML modules not packaged yet — relax ecm_find_qmlmodule from REQUIRED to
+# QUIET so the configure step can complete when BUILD_WITH_QML=OFF.
+awk '/ecm_find_qmlmodule.*REQUIRED/ { sub(/REQUIRED/, "QUIET") } { print }' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" > "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt.new" && mv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt.new" "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/CMakeLists.txt" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
 rm -rf CMakeFiles
diff --git a/local/scripts/cleanup-kf6-noop-seds.sh b/local/scripts/cleanup-kf6-noop-seds.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..59541dad2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/scripts/cleanup-kf6-noop-seds.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Red Bear OS — C-7 mass-categorize-and-cleanup
+#
+# Walks the list of NO-OP recipes (those whose sed target line
+# is absent from upstream 6.26.0) and removes the dead sed
+# chains from their recipe.toml.
+#
+# Why: per the v6.0 "STUB AND WORKAROUND POLICY — ZERO TOLERANCE"
+# (local/AGENTS.md), dead sed chains are exactly the "sed hacks"
+# the policy forbids. The chains were added because we expected
+# the line to be in the upstream source, but upstream 6.26.0 has
+# since dropped the call for packages that no longer ship
+# translations. Leaving the chains in place would be a permanent
+# "make it compile" shortcut on dead code.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
+
+recipe_dirs=(
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-attica"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcolorscheme"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kconfigwidgets"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kcrash"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kguiaddons"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-ki18n"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kiconthemes"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kidletime"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kimageformats"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kio"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kitemmodels"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-knewstuff"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kpackage"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kservice"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-ksvg"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktexteditor"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-ktextwidgets"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kwallet"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-kxmlgui"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-parts"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-plasma-activities"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-prison"
+    "local/recipes/kde/kf6-pty"
+    "local/recipes/kde/plasma-framework"
+)
+
+cleaned=0
+skipped=0
+failed=0
+
+for recipe_dir in "${recipe_dirs[@]}"; do
+    name=$(basename "$recipe_dir")
+    recipe="$recipe_dir/recipe.toml"
+
+    if [ ! -e "$recipe" ]; then
+        echo "SKIP: $name (no recipe.toml)"
+        skipped=$((skipped+1))
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    n_sed=$(grep -c "sed -i" "$recipe" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ "$n_sed" = "0" ]; then
+        echo "SKIP: $name (no sed chains)"
+        skipped=$((skipped+1))
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    cp "$recipe" "$recipe.bak.$(date +%s)"
+
+    # The sed chains follow this pattern in the recipes:
+    #   sed -i "..." CMakeLists.txt && \
+    #       cd <subdir> && \
+    #       sed -i "..." CMakeLists.txt && \
+    #       ...
+    # Remove each `sed -i ...` line plus any orphan `&& cd ...`
+    # continuation that immediately follows it.
+    python3 - "$recipe" <<'PY'
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+recipe_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+text = recipe_path.read_text()
+lines = text.splitlines(keepends=True)
+
+out = []
+i = 0
+while i < len(lines):
+    line = lines[i]
+    if "sed -i" in line:
+        i += 1
+        # Consume any continuation lines that this `sed -i`
+        # was connected to. A continuation line is one that
+        # the just-consumed line ended with a backslash, OR
+        # one that is an `&& cd ...` or `&& \\` operator
+        # followed by more `sed -i` lines.
+        just_consumed = line
+        while i < len(lines):
+            nxt_strip = lines[i].strip()
+            if just_consumed.rstrip("\n").rstrip().endswith("\\"):
+                just_consumed = lines[i]
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            if nxt_strip.startswith("&&") and (" cd " in nxt_strip or nxt_strip.startswith("&&\\")):
+                just_consumed = lines[i]
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            break
+        continue
+    out.append(line)
+    i += 1
+
+recipe_path.write_text("".join(out))
+PY
+
+    n_after=$(grep -c "sed -i" "$recipe" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    n_backslash_orphans=$(grep -c "\\\\$" "$recipe" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    if [ "$n_after" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "FAIL: $name still has $n_after sed lines after cleanup"
+        failed=$((failed+1))
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ "$n_backslash_orphans" -gt 0 ]; then
+        echo "WARN: $name has $n_backslash_orphans trailing backslashes (may be ok)"
+    fi
+
+    echo "CLEAN: $name ($n_sed sed lines removed)"
+    cleaned=$((cleaned+1))
+done
+
+echo
+echo "=== Summary ==="
+echo "Cleaned: $cleaned"
+echo "Skipped: $skipped"
+echo "Failed:  $failed"