diff --git a/sys-libs/libselinux/metadata.xml b/sys-libs/libselinux/metadata.xml
index 73a31c45e9f43..dfd7bb04e0a4d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libselinux/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-libs/libselinux/metadata.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 		process and file security contexts and to obtain security policy
 		decisions.  Required for any applications that use the SELinux API.
 	</longdescription>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="pcre2">Use <pkg>dev-libs/libpcre2</pkg> for fcontext regexes</flag>
-	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:selinuxproject:libselinux</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">SELinuxProject/selinux</remote-id>