diff --git a/games-strategy/wesnoth/metadata.xml b/games-strategy/wesnoth/metadata.xml
index 55f36d0dfad5c..42cfc46702168 100644
--- a/games-strategy/wesnoth/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-strategy/wesnoth/metadata.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   </maintainer>
   <use>
     <flag name="server">Enable compilation of server</flag>
-    <flag name="fribidi">Support for right-to-left languages</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">wesnoth</remote-id>