diff --git a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r2.ebuild b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r2.ebuild
index 4c086510b8d53..26f201ce42fd5 100644
--- a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r2.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( purple xmpp )
 	purple? ( plugins )
 	test? ( xmpp )
-	xmpp? ( !nss )
 "
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r3.ebuild b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r3.ebuild
index 6e4406af9f57e..01b8a33d3618e 100644
--- a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r3.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-3.6-r3.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( purple xmpp )
 	purple? ( plugins )
 	test? ( xmpp )
-	xmpp? ( !nss )
 "
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-9999.ebuild b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-9999.ebuild
index 58c3144ff8d57..8d4f88ddc3d13 100644
--- a/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/bitlbee/bitlbee-9999.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( purple xmpp )
 	purple? ( plugins )
 	test? ( xmpp )
-	xmpp? ( !nss )
 "
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-im/bitlbee/metadata.xml b/net-im/bitlbee/metadata.xml
index 9dbb1759075c6..0541d2f035278 100644
--- a/net-im/bitlbee/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-im/bitlbee/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="libevent">Use libevent for event handling</flag>
-		<flag name="nss">Use NSS for SSL support in Jabber</flag>
+		<flag name="nss">Prefer <pkg>dev-libs/nss</pkg> as SSL/TLS provider</flag>
 		<flag name="otr">Enable support for encrypted conversations</flag>
 		<flag name="plugins">Enable support for plugins</flag>
 		<flag name="purple">Use libpurple instead of the built-in IM protocol support</flag>