diff --git a/dev-java/jython/metadata.xml b/dev-java/jython/metadata.xml
index 302dca3e8263d..6034fcc96aab8 100644
--- a/dev-java/jython/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/jython/metadata.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   </maintainer>
   <use>
     <flag name="readline">Use GNU readline instead of jline</flag>
-    <flag name="servletapi">Add optional support for servlet-api</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">jython</remote-id>