diff --git a/dev-vcs/cvs/cvs-1.12.12-r12.ebuild b/dev-vcs/cvs/cvs-1.12.12-r12.ebuild
index 4f603809d51b0..cb0af6f542776 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/cvs/cvs-1.12.12-r12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/cvs/cvs-1.12.12-r12.ebuild
@@ -95,7 +95,3 @@ src_install() {
 
 	newpamd "${FILESDIR}"/cvs.pam-include-1.12.12 cvs
 }
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	use server || elog "If you want any CVS server functionality, you MUST emerge with USE=server!"
-}