diff --git a/net-im/spectrum2/metadata.xml b/net-im/spectrum2/metadata.xml
index 14c0f5b599ee7..cd6c76c712d49 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum2/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-im/spectrum2/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 		<flag name="irc">Enables the IRC backend, based on <pkg>net-im/libcommuni</pkg>.</flag>
 		<flag name="purple">Enables the libpurple backend, based on <pkg>net-im/pidgin</pkg>.</flag>
 		<flag name="sms">Enables the SMS backend, based on <pkg>app-mobilephone/smstools</pkg>.</flag>
-		<flag name="whatsapp">Enables the WhatsApp backend, based on <pkg>net-im/transwhat</pkg>.</flag>
 		<flag name="twitter">Enables the Twitter backend.</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-2.2.1.ebuild b/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-2.2.1.ebuild
index 1f90c0890c70f..3b2bcfaf677f7 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-2.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/spectrum2/spectrum2-2.2.1.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/SpectrumIM/spectrum2/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.ta
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64"
-IUSE="doc frotz irc mysql postgres purple sms +sqlite test twitter whatsapp xmpp"
+IUSE="doc frotz irc mysql postgres purple sms +sqlite test twitter xmpp"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( mysql postgres sqlite )
 	test? ( irc )
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 	sms? ( app-mobilephone/smstools )
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
-	twitter? ( net-misc/curl )
-	whatsapp? ( net-im/transwhat )"
+	twitter? ( net-misc/curl )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}