diff --git a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.10.9999.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.10.9999.ebuild
index f58e66d72af11..15c2e89ce96e6 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.10.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.10.9999.ebuild
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(cmake_use_find_package qml Qt6Qml)
 		$(qt_feature flite)
 		$(qt_feature speechd)
-
-		# flite_alsa was likely to work around old issues in flite, it does
-		# nothing but add -lasound (no code change, and is unneeded)
-		-DQT_FEATURE_flite_alsa=OFF
 	)
 
 	qt6-build_src_configure
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9.9999.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9.9999.ebuild
index 1b13d44342236..15c2e89ce96e6 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9.9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2023-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(cmake_use_find_package qml Qt6Qml)
 		$(qt_feature flite)
 		$(qt_feature speechd)
-
-		# flite_alsa was likely to work around old issues in flite, it does
-		# nothing but add -lasound (no code change, and is unneeded)
-		-DQT_FEATURE_flite_alsa=OFF
 	)
 
 	qt6-build_src_configure
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9999.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9999.ebuild
index 1b13d44342236..15c2e89ce96e6 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtspeech/qtspeech-6.9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2023-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(cmake_use_find_package qml Qt6Qml)
 		$(qt_feature flite)
 		$(qt_feature speechd)
-
-		# flite_alsa was likely to work around old issues in flite, it does
-		# nothing but add -lasound (no code change, and is unneeded)
-		-DQT_FEATURE_flite_alsa=OFF
 	)
 
 	qt6-build_src_configure