diff --git a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
index 4c2cd8eebffb9..5e6500ec5d9b8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IUSE="
 	apparmor audit +caps +dbus firewalld fuse glusterfs iscsi iscsi-direct
 	+libvirtd lvm libssh lxc +macvtap nfs nls numa openvz parted pcap phyp
 	policykit +qemu rbd sasl selinux +udev +vepa virtualbox virt-network
-	wireshark-plugins xen zeroconf zfs
+	wireshark-plugins xen zfs
 "
 
 REQUIRED_USE="
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 		virtual/udev
 		>=x11-libs/libpciaccess-0.10.9
 	)
-	zeroconf? ( >=net-dns/avahi-0.6[dbus] )
 	zfs? ( sys-fs/zfs )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# Tweak the init script:
 	cp "${FILESDIR}/libvirtd.init-r16" "${S}/libvirtd.init" || die
 	sed -e "s/USE_FLAG_FIREWALLD/$(usex firewalld 'need firewalld' '')/" \
-		-e "s/USE_FLAG_AVAHI/$(usex zeroconf 'use avahi-daemon' '')/" \
 		-e "s/USE_FLAG_ISCSI/$(usex iscsi 'use iscsid' '')/" \
 		-e "s/USE_FLAG_RBD/$(usex rbd 'use ceph' '')/" \
 		-i "${S}/libvirtd.init" || die "sed failed"
@@ -282,7 +280,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with virt-network network)
 		$(use_with wireshark-plugins wireshark-dissector)
 		$(use_with xen libxl)
-		$(use_with zeroconf avahi)
 		$(use_with zfs storage-zfs)
 
 		--without-hal