diff --git a/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/kpimtextedit-24.05.2.ebuild b/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/kpimtextedit-24.05.2.ebuild
index 0a2e40764881d..953c420ce9eab 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/kpimtextedit-24.05.2.ebuild
+++ b/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/kpimtextedit-24.05.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-ECM_DESIGNERPLUGIN="true"
 ECM_QTHELP="true"
 ECM_TEST="true"
 KFMIN=6.3.0
diff --git a/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/metadata.xml b/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/metadata.xml
index 0bc83685a4409..d925f24397588 100644
--- a/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/metadata.xml
+++ b/kde-apps/kpimtextedit/metadata.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,4 @@
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://bugs.kde.org/</bugs-to>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="designer">Build plugins for <pkg>dev-qt/designer</pkg></flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>