diff --git a/dev-java/eclipse-ecj/metadata.xml b/dev-java/eclipse-ecj/metadata.xml
index 218c1eb894a33..d59675e7a795d 100644
--- a/dev-java/eclipse-ecj/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/eclipse-ecj/metadata.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ used with Ant by using the -lib option to and and setting
 <upstream>
 	<remote-id type="github">eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core</remote-id>
 </upstream>
-<use>
-	<flag name="ant">Support using ecj in Ant builds via <pkg>dev-java/ant-eclipse-ecj</pkg></flag>
-</use>
 </pkgmetadata>