diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/package.use.stable.mask b/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/package.use.stable.mask
index 57af4cfcc5b4f..5db2201ccef73 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/package.use.stable.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/package.use.stable.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org (16 Mar 2014)
-# Mask unstable USE flags on media-video/vlc, see security bug #499806.
-media-video/vlc chromaprint gnutls opus
diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/17.0/package.use.stable.mask b/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/17.0/package.use.stable.mask
index 57af4cfcc5b4f..5db2201ccef73 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/17.0/package.use.stable.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/17.0/package.use.stable.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-# Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org (16 Mar 2014)
-# Mask unstable USE flags on media-video/vlc, see security bug #499806.
-media-video/vlc chromaprint gnutls opus