diff --git a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/metadata.xml
index 9099ec28e6d3e..121cd46cb5e1c 100644
--- a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@
 		<email>virtualization@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Virtualization Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="consolekit">Use <pkg>sys-auth/consolekit</pkg> to determine the master vdagentd in case of multiple running vdagentds (highly recommended)</flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.19.0-r1.ebuild b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.19.0-r1.ebuild
index 2f8904baec3ad..81ddd00bd633b 100644
--- a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.19.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.19.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/${P}.tar.bz2"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="consolekit gtk selinux systemd"
+IUSE="gtk selinux systemd"
 
 CDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/glib:2
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXinerama
-	consolekit? ( sys-auth/consolekit sys-apps/dbus )
 	gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:3 )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@ ERROR_VIRTIO_CONSOLE="VirtIO console/serial device support (VIRTIO_CONSOLE) is r
 
 src_configure() {
 	local opt=()
-	if use consolekit; then
-		opt+=( --with-session-info=console-kit )
-	elif use systemd; then
+	if use systemd; then
 		opt+=( --with-session-info=systemd )
 	else
 		opt+=( --with-session-info=none )
diff --git a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.20.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.20.0.ebuild
index 2cac3817d7671..3365574e5bb45 100644
--- a/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.20.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/spice-vdagent/spice-vdagent-0.20.0.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/${P}.tar.bz2"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="consolekit gtk selinux systemd"
+IUSE="gtk selinux systemd"
 
 CDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/glib:2
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXinerama
-	consolekit? ( sys-auth/consolekit sys-apps/dbus )
 	gtk? ( x11-libs/gtk+:3 )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@ ERROR_VIRTIO_CONSOLE="VirtIO console/serial device support (VIRTIO_CONSOLE) is r
 
 src_configure() {
 	local opt=()
-	if use consolekit; then
-		opt+=( --with-session-info=console-kit )
-	elif use systemd; then
+	if use systemd; then
 		opt+=( --with-session-info=systemd )
 	else
 		opt+=( --with-session-info=none )