diff --git a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-123-r1.ebuild b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-123-r1.ebuild
index c80be20754d2b..15a547c852546 100644
--- a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-123-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-123-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="LGPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
-IUSE="+daemon examples gtk +introspection kde pam selinux systemd test"
+IUSE="examples gtk +introspection kde pam selinux systemd test"
 # https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/polkit/polkit/-/issues/181 for test restriction
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test ) test"
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
 	dev-libs/expat
-	daemon? ( dev-lang/duktape:= )
+	dev-lang/duktape:=
 	pam? (
 		sys-auth/pambase
 		sys-libs/pam
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dsession_tracking="$(usex systemd libsystemd-login libelogind)"
 		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
 		-Djs_engine=duktape
-		$(meson_use !daemon libs-only)
+		-Dlibs-only=false
 		$(meson_use introspection)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
 		$(usex pam "-Dpam_module_dir=$(getpam_mod_dir)" '')
@@ -143,16 +143,14 @@ src_install() {
 		dodoc src/examples/{*.c,*.policy*}
 	fi
 
-	if use daemon; then
-		if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
-			diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
-		fi
-		keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+		diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
 	fi
+	keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	if use daemon && [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
 		chmod 0700 "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
 		chown polkitd "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
 	fi
diff --git a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r1.ebuild b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r1.ebuild
index d3d5ee6aac976..ba5493bd0c011 100644
--- a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-126-r1.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 if [[ ${PV} != 9999 ]] ; then
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
 fi
-IUSE="+daemon examples gtk +introspection kde pam nls selinux systemd test"
+IUSE="examples gtk +introspection kde pam nls selinux systemd test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 BDEPEND="
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
 	dev-libs/expat
-	daemon? (
-		dev-lang/duktape:=
-	)
+	dev-lang/duktape:=
 	pam? (
 		sys-auth/pambase
 		sys-libs/pam
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dprivileged_group=0
 		-Dsession_tracking="$(usex systemd logind elogind)"
 		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		$(meson_use !daemon libs-only)
+		-Dlibs-only=false
 		$(meson_use introspection)
 		$(meson_use nls gettext)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
@@ -145,21 +143,17 @@ src_install() {
 		dodoc src/examples/{*.c,*.policy*}
 	fi
 
-	if use daemon; then
-		if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
-			diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
-		fi
-		keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+		diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
 	fi
+	keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	if use daemon ; then
-		tmpfiles_process polkit-tmpfiles.conf
+	tmpfiles_process polkit-tmpfiles.conf
 
-		if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
-			chmod 0700 "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
-			chown polkitd "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
-		fi
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+		chmod 0700 "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
+		chown polkitd "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
index d3d5ee6aac976..ba5493bd0c011 100644
--- a/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/polkit/polkit-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 if [[ ${PV} != 9999 ]] ; then
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
 fi
-IUSE="+daemon examples gtk +introspection kde pam nls selinux systemd test"
+IUSE="examples gtk +introspection kde pam nls selinux systemd test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 BDEPEND="
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
 	dev-libs/expat
-	daemon? (
-		dev-lang/duktape:=
-	)
+	dev-lang/duktape:=
 	pam? (
 		sys-auth/pambase
 		sys-libs/pam
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dprivileged_group=0
 		-Dsession_tracking="$(usex systemd logind elogind)"
 		-Dsystemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
-		$(meson_use !daemon libs-only)
+		-Dlibs-only=false
 		$(meson_use introspection)
 		$(meson_use nls gettext)
 		$(meson_use test tests)
@@ -145,21 +143,17 @@ src_install() {
 		dodoc src/examples/{*.c,*.policy*}
 	fi
 
-	if use daemon; then
-		if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
-			diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
-		fi
-		keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+		diropts -m 0700 -o polkitd
 	fi
+	keepdir /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	if use daemon ; then
-		tmpfiles_process polkit-tmpfiles.conf
+	tmpfiles_process polkit-tmpfiles.conf
 
-		if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
-			chmod 0700 "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
-			chown polkitd "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
-		fi
+	if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]]; then
+		chmod 0700 "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
+		chown polkitd "${EROOT}"/{etc,usr/share}/polkit-1/rules.d
 	fi
 }