diff --git a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.6-r1.ebuild b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.6-r1.ebuild
index 743ec6519497a..cbbf2773535cb 100644
--- a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.6-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.6-r1.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/${PN}/v5/${P}.tar.xz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
-IUSE="-dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl systemd"
+IUSE="dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl systemd"
 
 # currently, sasl code assumes the presence of kerberosV
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20
diff --git a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.7.ebuild b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.7.ebuild
index 5387d293f411e..da73cde6f2a0b 100644
--- a/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/autofs/autofs-5.1.7.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/${PN}/v5/${P}.tar.xz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="-dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl systemd"
+IUSE="dmalloc ldap +libtirpc mount-locking sasl systemd"
 
 # currently, sasl code assumes the presence of kerberosV
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20