diff --git a/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.mask
index 7964067fe7ba2..6087274f3279e 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/powerpc/package.use.mask
@@ -318,10 +318,6 @@ dev-java/icedtea systemtap
 # sci-chemistry/msms not available for this arch
 sci-chemistry/vmd msms
 
-# Justin Lecher <jlec@gentoo.org> (13 Aug 2010)
-# MKL not available on this arch
-media-gfx/povray mkl
-
 # Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur@gentoo.org> (26 Apr 2010)
 # This is for x86/amd64 only
 sys-devel/llvm udis86
diff --git a/profiles/arch/powerpc/use.mask b/profiles/arch/powerpc/use.mask
index 7b8cf0dfc1f39..ee86b3a78ede6 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/powerpc/use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/powerpc/use.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # PPC Specific use flags
 #
 
+# Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org> (22 Sep 2015)
+# sci-libs/mkl is not supported on PPC
+mkl
+
 # Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org> (25 May 2015)
 # PowerPC has no support for this bootloader (bug #550322)
 gnuefi