diff --git a/app-arch/engrampa/metadata.xml b/app-arch/engrampa/metadata.xml
index ff7ba4c5fb879..599ee32795b2e 100644
--- a/app-arch/engrampa/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-arch/engrampa/metadata.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 		<flag name="caja">Enable engrampa to integrate with
 			<pkg>mate-base/caja</pkg> by providing entries in its context 
 			menu</flag>
-		<flag name="magic">Enable filetype auto-detection via
-			<pkg>sys-apps/file</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="packagekit">Enable support for installing via <pkg>app-admin/packagekit</pkg>
 			based on archive type</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/app-misc/vifm/metadata.xml b/app-misc/vifm/metadata.xml
index b4f614ade7450..be026a5f57b49 100644
--- a/app-misc/vifm/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/vifm/metadata.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		<flag name="developer">Enable features of interest to developers</flag>
 		<flag name="extended-keys">Support for extended keys (arrows, home etc)</flag>
 		<flag name="gtk">Use gtk+ to determine mimetypes</flag>
-		<flag name="magic">Use libmagic to determine mimetypes</flag>
 		<flag name="vim">Install the vifm vim plugin and vim-compatible documentation</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/app-misc/worker/metadata.xml b/app-misc/worker/metadata.xml
index dd300924df2a3..6023fe5dc94af 100644
--- a/app-misc/worker/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/worker/metadata.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@
 </longdescription>
 <use>
   <flag name="avfs">Enable support for <pkg>sys-fs/avfs</pkg></flag>
-  <flag name="magic">Add magic file support from <pkg>sys-apps/file</pkg> to automatically detect file types</flag>
 </use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml b/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
index f01011d4cef66..9e879333ac217 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 		<email>zlogene@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="magic">Use libmagic to determine mimetypes</flag>
 		<flag name="synctex">Use libsynctex to get latex codeline from pdf</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/media-gfx/qiv/metadata.xml b/media-gfx/qiv/metadata.xml
index 55247542f3915..f1be52d03dbc6 100644
--- a/media-gfx/qiv/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-gfx/qiv/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>graphics@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Graphics Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="magic">Use libmagic to determine mimetypes</flag>
-	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="bitbucket">ciberandy/qiv</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/media-libs/libextractor/metadata.xml b/media-libs/libextractor/metadata.xml
index 110fdbd612592..20d2532512b1e 100644
--- a/media-libs/libextractor/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/libextractor/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     <flag name="apparmor">Enable apparmor support using <pkg>sys-libs/libapparmor</pkg></flag>
     <flag name="archive">Enable archive support using <pkg>app-arch/libarchive</pkg></flag>
     <flag name="gsf">Enable OLE2 (MS Office) plug-in support using <pkg>gnome-extra/libgsf</pkg></flag>
-    <flag name="magic">Enable magic support using <pkg>sys-apps/file</pkg></flag>
     <flag name="midi">Enable MIDI support through <pkg>media-libs/libsmf</pkg></flag>
   </use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-sound/moc/metadata.xml b/media-sound/moc/metadata.xml
index 67fb1868a11d3..5d50f496122e3 100644
--- a/media-sound/moc/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/moc/metadata.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="cache">Enable tags caching support</flag>
-		<flag name="magic">Use libmagic to determine mimetypes</flag>
 		<flag name="sid">Build with SID (Commodore 64 Audio) support</flag>
 		<flag name="tremor">Build vorbis support using an integer implementation
 			of the vorbis library (<pkg>media-libs/tremor</pkg>)</flag>
diff --git a/net-misc/gerbera/metadata.xml b/net-misc/gerbera/metadata.xml
index 22d6ba3fd3c06..2ea8b3e052b0e 100644
--- a/net-misc/gerbera/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/gerbera/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <flag name="exiv2">Use <pkg>media-gfx/exiv2</pkg> to extract EXIF information</flag>
     <flag name="ffmpegthumbnailer">Enable video thumbnail support with <pkg>media-video/ffmpegthumbnailer</pkg></flag>
     <flag name="lastfm">Enable last.fm support</flag>
-    <flag name="magic">Use libmagic to determine file types</flag>
     <flag name="mysql">Use <pkg>dev-db/mysql</pkg> as backend rather than SQLite3</flag>
     <flag name="protocol-extensions">Enable partial DLNA support</flag>
     <flag name="taglib">Use <pkg>media-libs/taglib</pkg> for reading files' metadata</flag>
diff --git a/net-p2p/mldonkey/metadata.xml b/net-p2p/mldonkey/metadata.xml
index 6cefea4a1841b..bdbe5ed30ca8e 100644
--- a/net-p2p/mldonkey/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-p2p/mldonkey/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <flag name="fasttrack">enable fasttrack support</flag>
     <flag name="gnutella">enable gnutella and gnutella2 support</flag>
     <flag name="guionly">enable client build only</flag>
-    <flag name="magic">enable use of libmagic</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">mldonkey</remote-id>
diff --git a/sci-geosciences/viking/metadata.xml b/sci-geosciences/viking/metadata.xml
index b43ae0fa42809..1e7626ccd503d 100644
--- a/sci-geosciences/viking/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-geosciences/viking/metadata.xml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
     <flag name="libexif">
       Use <pkg>media-libs/libexif</pkg> for EXIF support
     </flag>
-    <flag name="magic">
-      Use libmagic to determine mimetypes
-    </flag>
     <flag name="mapnik">
       Enable a layer based on <pkg>sci-geosciences/mapnik</pkg>
     </flag>