diff --git a/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
index 6cda3da58c41b..c85516f007aae 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/mpe2/mpe2-1.0.6_p1-r2.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 
 	einfo "Building with support for: sys-cluster/${MPE_IMP}"
 
-	if ! minimal; then
+	if ! use minimal; then
 		java-pkg-opt-2_pkg_setup
 	fi
 }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/slog2sdk-trace_rlog-makefile-fixes.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/slog2sdk-trace_sample-makefile-fixes.patch
 
-	if ! minimal; then
+	if ! use minimal; then
 		java-pkg-opt-2_src_prepare
 	fi
 }