diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/package.use b/profiles/default/linux/package.use
index ac90b1fc56837..301ecfdc6dcfb 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/package.use
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/package.use
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# Christian Ruppert <idl0r@gentoo.org> (2026-07-10)
+# Make SLZ default, disable zlib, for better performance, ratio and security
+net-proxy/haproxy -zlib
+
 # Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> (2017-10-29)
 # Override default from make.defaults, bug 635822.
 net-libs/mbedtls -zlib