diff --git a/dev-java/jfreechart/metadata.xml b/dev-java/jfreechart/metadata.xml
index 2d4cb851659c7..ba2158636f7ed 100644
--- a/dev-java/jfreechart/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/jfreechart/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Java</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="servlet">Build a servlet using the servlet API.</flag>
-	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">jfreechart</remote-id>
 	</upstream>