diff --git a/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/sof-firmware-2025.05.1.ebuild b/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/sof-firmware-2025.05.1.ebuild
index c4abe411705d4..e0efeed884a31 100644
--- a/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/sof-firmware-2025.05.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/sof-firmware-2025.05.1.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ S="${WORKDIR}"/sof-bin-${PV}
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="+tools"
+IUSE="tools"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	tools? (