diff --git a/profiles/features/split-usr/eapi b/profiles/features/split-usr/eapi
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+5
diff --git a/profiles/features/split-usr/use.force b/profiles/features/split-usr/use.force
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
+# Force split-usr.
+split-usr
diff --git a/profiles/features/split-usr/use.mask b/profiles/features/split-usr/use.mask
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+# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> (2022-12-04)
+# Unmask split-usr.
+-split-usr