diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools_scm/metadata.xml b/dev-python/setuptools_scm/metadata.xml
index 32674a5d55061..4e6fc4d6b4097 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools_scm/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools_scm/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,4 @@
 		<remote-id type="bitbucket">pypa/setuptools_scm</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">pypa/setuptools_scm</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="mercurial">Enables mercurial backend</flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools_scm/setuptools_scm-3.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools_scm/setuptools_scm-3.5.0.ebuild
index fa4a2dcc6d256..a47f0f4b55c83 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools_scm/setuptools_scm-3.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools_scm/setuptools_scm-3.5.0.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos ~x86-macos"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ia64 m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~x64-macos ~x86-macos"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"