diff --git a/net-nntp/tin/tin-2.6.1.ebuild b/net-nntp/tin/tin-2.6.1.ebuild
index 96afdff40fa78..9a5e6df36f8ce 100644
--- a/net-nntp/tin/tin-2.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-nntp/tin/tin-2.6.1.ebuild
@@ -82,6 +82,5 @@ src_install() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
-	optfeature "MIME articles support" net-mail/metamail
 	optfeature "spell checker support" app-text/aspell
 }