diff --git a/media-sound/qpwgraph/metadata.xml b/media-sound/qpwgraph/metadata.xml
index d07baf2f954e7..6f30248e54969 100644
--- a/media-sound/qpwgraph/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/qpwgraph/metadata.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@
 		<remote-id type="freedesktop-gitlab">rncbc/qpwgraph</remote-id>
 		<bugs-to>https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/rncbc/qpwgraph/-/issues</bugs-to>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="trayicon">Build support for tray icon</flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-0.7.8.ebuild b/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-0.7.8.ebuild
index f673a08cd124d..f559461abba8d 100644
--- a/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-0.7.8.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-0.7.8.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
-IUSE="alsa trayicon"
+IUSE="alsa"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCONFIG_ALSA_MIDI=$(usex alsa)
-		-DCONFIG_SYSTEM_TRAY=$(usex trayicon)
+		-DCONFIG_SYSTEM_TRAY=1
 		-DCONFIG_WAYLAND=1
 		-DCONFIG_QT6=1
 	)
diff --git a/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-9999.ebuild
index f673a08cd124d..f559461abba8d 100644
--- a/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/qpwgraph/qpwgraph-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
-IUSE="alsa trayicon"
+IUSE="alsa"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qttools:6[linguist]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCONFIG_ALSA_MIDI=$(usex alsa)
-		-DCONFIG_SYSTEM_TRAY=$(usex trayicon)
+		-DCONFIG_SYSTEM_TRAY=1
 		-DCONFIG_WAYLAND=1
 		-DCONFIG_QT6=1
 	)