diff --git a/net-irc/quassel/metadata.xml b/net-irc/quassel/metadata.xml
index fc6cce98bffc8..d0a927eb5860e 100644
--- a/net-irc/quassel/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-irc/quassel/metadata.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 		<name>Sam James</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="bundled-icons">
-			Use icon themes bundled with Quassel, rather than depending on system packages.
+		<flag name="system-icons">
+			Use <pkg>kde-frameworks/breeze-icons</pkg> rather than icons bundled with Quassel.
 		</flag>
 		<flag name="crypt">
 			Support core-&gt;network per-channel and per-query blowfish
diff --git a/net-irc/quassel/quassel-0.14.0-r4.ebuild b/net-irc/quassel/quassel-0.14.0-r4.ebuild
index 5b851f34eab1a..e8420a4916e75 100644
--- a/net-irc/quassel/quassel-0.14.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/quassel/quassel-0.14.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://quassel-irc.org/"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="bundled-icons crypt +dbus gui kde ldap monolithic oxygen postgres +server spell syslog test"
+IUSE="crypt +dbus gui kde ldap monolithic oxygen postgres +server spell syslog +system-icons test"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( gui server monolithic )
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ GUI_DEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtgui:5
 	dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-	!bundled-icons? (
-		kde-frameworks/breeze-icons:*
-		oxygen? ( kde-frameworks/oxygen-icons:* )
-	)
 	dbus? (
 		>=dev-libs/libdbusmenu-qt-0.9.3_pre20140619
 		dev-qt/qtdbus:5
@@ -72,6 +68,10 @@ GUI_DEPEND="
 		kde-frameworks/kxmlgui:5
 	)
 	spell? ( kde-frameworks/sonnet:5 )
+	system-icons? (
+		kde-frameworks/breeze-icons:*
+		oxygen? ( kde-frameworks/oxygen-icons:* )
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/boost:=
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON
 		-DEMBED_DATA=OFF
 		-DWITH_WEBKIT=OFF
-		-DWITH_BUNDLED_ICONS=$(usex bundled-icons)
+		-DWITH_BUNDLED_ICONS=$(usex !system-icons)
 		-DWANT_QTCLIENT=$(usex gui)
 		-DWITH_KDE=$(usex kde)
 		-DWITH_LDAP=$(usex ldap)
diff --git a/net-irc/quassel/quassel-9999.ebuild b/net-irc/quassel/quassel-9999.ebuild
index 21f66af6ba668..c717f4c4f8c5c 100644
--- a/net-irc/quassel/quassel-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/quassel/quassel-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://quassel-irc.org/"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="bundled-icons crypt +dbus gui kde ldap monolithic oxygen postgres +server spell syslog test"
+IUSE="crypt +dbus gui kde ldap monolithic oxygen postgres +server spell syslog +system-icons test"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( gui server monolithic )
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ GUI_DEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtgui:5
 	dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-	!bundled-icons? (
-		kde-frameworks/breeze-icons:*
-		oxygen? ( kde-frameworks/oxygen-icons:* )
-	)
 	dbus? (
 		>=dev-libs/libdbusmenu-qt-0.9.3_pre20140619
 		dev-qt/qtdbus:5
@@ -72,6 +68,10 @@ GUI_DEPEND="
 		kde-frameworks/kxmlgui:5
 	)
 	spell? ( kde-frameworks/sonnet:5 )
+	system-icons? (
+		kde-frameworks/breeze-icons:*
+		oxygen? ( kde-frameworks/oxygen-icons:* )
+	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/boost:=
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON
 		-DEMBED_DATA=OFF
 		-DWITH_WEBKIT=OFF
-		-DWITH_BUNDLED_ICONS=$(usex bundled-icons)
+		-DWITH_BUNDLED_ICONS=$(usex !system-icons)
 		-DWANT_QTCLIENT=$(usex gui)
 		-DWITH_KDE=$(usex kde)
 		-DWITH_LDAP=$(usex ldap)