diff --git a/media-libs/mediastreamer/mediastreamer-2.9.0-r2.ebuild b/media-libs/mediastreamer/mediastreamer-2.9.0-r2.ebuild
index 21fa421ab66ae..f600c88f58139 100644
--- a/media-libs/mediastreamer/mediastreamer-2.9.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mediastreamer/mediastreamer-2.9.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc ppc64 x86"
 # TODO: run-time test for ipv6: does it really need ortp[ipv6] ?
 IUSE="+alsa amr bindist coreaudio debug doc examples +filters g726 g729 gsm ilbc
 	ipv6 libav ntp-timestamp opengl opus +ortp oss pcap portaudio pulseaudio sdl
-	silk +speex static-libs test theora upnp v4l video x264 X"
+	+speex static-libs test theora upnp v4l video x264 X"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( oss alsa portaudio coreaudio pulseaudio )
 	opengl? ( video )
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ PDEPEND="
 	amr? ( !bindist? ( media-plugins/mediastreamer-amr ) )
 	g729? ( !bindist? ( media-plugins/mediastreamer-bcg729 ) )
 	ilbc? ( media-plugins/mediastreamer-ilbc )
-	silk? ( !bindist? ( media-plugins/mediastreamer-silk ) )
 	video? ( x264? ( media-plugins/mediastreamer-x264 ) )
 "
 
diff --git a/media-libs/mediastreamer/metadata.xml b/media-libs/mediastreamer/metadata.xml
index 4f26788fccdfa..dd4bdefeb442a 100644
--- a/media-libs/mediastreamer/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/mediastreamer/metadata.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 			packet</flag>
 		<flag name="ortp">Enable usage of <pkg>net-libs/ortp</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="pcap">Enable usage of <pkg>net-libs/libpcap</pkg></flag>
-		<flag name="silk">Use silk (skype protocol) codec plugin</flag>
 		<flag name="video">Enable video support</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/base/package.use.mask b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
index 7c2451a16a858..961109f8df4dd 100644
--- a/profiles/base/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ mate-extra/mate-power-manager pm-utils
 media-video/ffmpeg schroedinger
 media-video/libav schroedinger
 
-# Pacho Ramos <pacho@gento.org> (04 Nov 2018)
-# media-plugins/mediastreamer-silk will be removed (#599580)
-media-libs/mediastreamer silk
-
 # Pacho Ramos <pacho@gento.org> (04 Nov 2018)
 # cman and co. are going to be removed (#650738)
 sys-cluster/pacemaker cman