diff --git a/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.1.ebuild b/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.1.ebuild
index a88d0967b04ea..d632d951e8d7d 100644
--- a/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 
-IUSE="X compat dbus debug declarative designer doc examples help kde multimedia
+IUSE="X compat dbus debug declarative designer doc examples help multimedia
 	opengl phonon script scripttools sql svg testlib webkit xmlpatterns"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	help? ( >=dev-qt/qthelp-${QT_PV} )
 	multimedia? ( >=dev-qt/qtmultimedia-${QT_PV} )
 	opengl? ( >=dev-qt/qtopengl-${QT_PV} )
-	phonon? (
-		kde? ( >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] )
-		!kde? ( || ( >=dev-qt/qtphonon-${QT_PV} >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] ) )
-	)
+	phonon? ( >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] )
 	script? ( >=dev-qt/qtscript-${QT_PV} )
 	scripttools? ( >=dev-qt/qtgui-${QT_PV} )
 	sql? ( >=dev-qt/qtsql-${QT_PV} )
diff --git a/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.ebuild b/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.ebuild
index 3f6ed72fa428c..979f8323a03b5 100644
--- a/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/PyQt4/PyQt4-4.12.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ia64 ppc ppc64 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 
-IUSE="X compat dbus debug declarative designer doc examples help kde multimedia
+IUSE="X compat dbus debug declarative designer doc examples help multimedia
 	opengl phonon script scripttools sql svg testlib webkit xmlpatterns"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	help? ( >=dev-qt/qthelp-${QT_PV} )
 	multimedia? ( >=dev-qt/qtmultimedia-${QT_PV} )
 	opengl? ( >=dev-qt/qtopengl-${QT_PV} )
-	phonon? (
-		kde? ( >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] )
-		!kde? ( || ( >=dev-qt/qtphonon-${QT_PV} >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] ) )
-	)
+	phonon? ( >=media-libs/phonon-4.7[qt4] )
 	script? ( >=dev-qt/qtscript-${QT_PV} )
 	scripttools? ( >=dev-qt/qtgui-${QT_PV} )
 	sql? ( >=dev-qt/qtsql-${QT_PV} )
diff --git a/dev-python/PyQt4/metadata.xml b/dev-python/PyQt4/metadata.xml
index 9fe84c585da5c..7cc6900ee958b 100644
--- a/dev-python/PyQt4/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/PyQt4/metadata.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 		<flag name="declarative">Build bindings for the QtDeclarative module</flag>
 		<flag name="designer">Build bindings for the QtDesigner module and enable the designer plugin</flag>
 		<flag name="help">Build bindings for the QtHelp module</flag>
-		<flag name="kde">Select <pkg>media-libs/phonon</pkg> as Phonon variant (needed for KDE)</flag>
 		<flag name="multimedia">Build bindings for the QtMultimedia module</flag>
 		<flag name="opengl">Build bindings for the QtOpenGL module</flag>
 		<flag name="phonon">Build bindings for the phonon module</flag>