diff --git a/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.1.9999.ebuild b/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.1.9999.ebuild
index ffccfb73cae07..4c79ef4ccba3e 100644
--- a/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.1.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.1.9999.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="X chafa dbus ddcutil drm gnome imagemagick networkmanager opencl opengl osmesa pulseaudio sqlite test vulkan wayland xcb xfce xrandr"
+IUSE="X chafa dbus ddcutil drm gnome imagemagick opencl opengl osmesa pulseaudio sqlite test vulkan wayland xcb xfce xrandr"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 # note - qa-vdb will always report errors because fastfetch loads the libs dynamically
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 		gnome-base/dconf
 	)
 	imagemagick? ( media-gfx/imagemagick:= )
-	networkmanager? ( net-misc/networkmanager )
 	opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
 	opengl? ( media-libs/libglvnd[X] )
 	osmesa? ( media-libs/mesa[osmesa] )
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_GLX=$(usex opengl)
 		-DENABLE_IMAGEMAGICK6=${fastfetch_enable_imagemagick6}
 		-DENABLE_IMAGEMAGICK7=${fastfetch_enable_imagemagick7}
-		-DENABLE_LIBNM=$(usex networkmanager)
 		-DENABLE_OPENCL=$(usex opencl)
 		-DENABLE_OSMESA=$(usex osmesa)
 		-DENABLE_PULSE=$(usex pulseaudio)
diff --git a/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.2.9999.ebuild b/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.2.9999.ebuild
index ffccfb73cae07..4c79ef4ccba3e 100644
--- a/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.2.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/fastfetch/fastfetch-0.2.9999.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="X chafa dbus ddcutil drm gnome imagemagick networkmanager opencl opengl osmesa pulseaudio sqlite test vulkan wayland xcb xfce xrandr"
+IUSE="X chafa dbus ddcutil drm gnome imagemagick opencl opengl osmesa pulseaudio sqlite test vulkan wayland xcb xfce xrandr"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 # note - qa-vdb will always report errors because fastfetch loads the libs dynamically
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 		gnome-base/dconf
 	)
 	imagemagick? ( media-gfx/imagemagick:= )
-	networkmanager? ( net-misc/networkmanager )
 	opencl? ( virtual/opencl )
 	opengl? ( media-libs/libglvnd[X] )
 	osmesa? ( media-libs/mesa[osmesa] )
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DENABLE_GLX=$(usex opengl)
 		-DENABLE_IMAGEMAGICK6=${fastfetch_enable_imagemagick6}
 		-DENABLE_IMAGEMAGICK7=${fastfetch_enable_imagemagick7}
-		-DENABLE_LIBNM=$(usex networkmanager)
 		-DENABLE_OPENCL=$(usex opencl)
 		-DENABLE_OSMESA=$(usex osmesa)
 		-DENABLE_PULSE=$(usex pulseaudio)