diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/metadata.xml b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/metadata.xml
index 9491687bc349f..506ecf605bc4a 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/metadata.xml
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kitemmodels/metadata.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://bugs.kde.org/</bugs-to>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="qml">Enable QML support via <pkg>dev-qt/qtdeclarative</pkg></flag>
-	</use>
 	<slots>
 		<subslots>
 			Must only be used by packages that are known to use private parts of the Frameworks API.