diff --git a/games-emulation/pcsx2/metadata.xml b/games-emulation/pcsx2/metadata.xml
index 5e2be35968f1e..6e25d9d61e5b2 100644
--- a/games-emulation/pcsx2/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-emulation/pcsx2/metadata.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 		<name>Gentoo Games Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="backtrace">Display a backtrace on crash using <pkg>sys-libs/libbacktrace</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="sndio">Enable support for the <pkg>media-sound/sndio</pkg> backend</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r1.ebuild b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r2.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r1.ebuild
rename to games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r2.ebuild
index 4b41e151906fc..14030099b64d1 100644
--- a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4425-r2.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LICENSE="
 	GPL-3+ Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 BSD-4 Boost-1.0 CC0-1.0 GPL-2+
 	ISC LGPL-2.1+ LGPL-3+ MIT OFL-1.1 ZLIB public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="alsa backtrace cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
+IUSE="alsa cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
 REQUIRED_USE="cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1" # dies at runtime if no support
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libudev:=
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
-	backtrace? ( sys-libs/libbacktrace )
 	jack? ( virtual/jack )
 	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
 	sndio? ( media-sound/sndio:= )
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	use vulkan && append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
 
 	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package backtrace Libbacktrace)
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=no
 		-DDISABLE_BUILD_DATE=yes
 		-DENABLE_TESTS=$(usex test)
diff --git a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534.ebuild b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534.ebuild
rename to games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534-r1.ebuild
index 1c93197e9991c..d2af26b4d0ef8 100644
--- a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-1.7.4534-r1.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LICENSE="
 	GPL-3+ Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 BSD-4 Boost-1.0 CC0-1.0 GPL-2+
 	ISC LGPL-2.1+ LGPL-3+ MIT OFL-1.1 ZLIB public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="alsa backtrace cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 dbus jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
+IUSE="alsa cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 dbus jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
 REQUIRED_USE="cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1" # dies at runtime if no support
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libudev:=
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
-	backtrace? ( sys-libs/libbacktrace )
 	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
 	jack? ( virtual/jack )
 	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	fi
 
 	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package backtrace Libbacktrace)
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=no
 		-DDBUS_API=$(usex dbus)
 		-DDISABLE_BUILD_DATE=yes
diff --git a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-9999.ebuild b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-9999.ebuild
index 1c93197e9991c..d2af26b4d0ef8 100644
--- a/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/pcsx2/pcsx2-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LICENSE="
 	GPL-3+ Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 BSD-4 Boost-1.0 CC0-1.0 GPL-2+
 	ISC LGPL-2.1+ LGPL-3+ MIT OFL-1.1 ZLIB public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="alsa backtrace cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 dbus jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
+IUSE="alsa cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1 dbus jack pulseaudio sndio test vulkan wayland"
 REQUIRED_USE="cpu_flags_x86_sse4_1" # dies at runtime if no support
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libudev:=
 	x11-libs/libXrandr
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
-	backtrace? ( sys-libs/libbacktrace )
 	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
 	jack? ( virtual/jack )
 	pulseaudio? ( media-libs/libpulse )
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	fi
 
 	local mycmakeargs=(
-		$(cmake_use_find_package backtrace Libbacktrace)
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=no
 		-DDBUS_API=$(usex dbus)
 		-DDISABLE_BUILD_DATE=yes