diff --git a/app-emulation/libvirt/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/libvirt/metadata.xml
index 34d90a3666da9..7a316de694ad8 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libvirt/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/libvirt/metadata.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 	</flag>
 	<!-- Miscellaneous flags -->
 	<flag name="apparmor">Enable AppArmor support</flag>
-	<flag name="audit">support <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
 	<flag name="fuse">Allow LXC to use <pkg>sys-fs/fuse</pkg> for mount
 		points</flag>
 	<flag name="numa">
diff --git a/app-forensics/aide/metadata.xml b/app-forensics/aide/metadata.xml
index 5771cd3beb4d1..8acc034ea989a 100644
--- a/app-forensics/aide/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-forensics/aide/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<herd>forensics</herd>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="audit">Enable support for <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="prelink">Enable support for <pkg>sys-devel/prelink</pkg></flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/dev-util/perf/metadata.xml b/dev-util/perf/metadata.xml
index 7f295e98bd669..978b7b72bfcae 100644
--- a/dev-util/perf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/perf/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     <email>naota@gentoo.org</email>
   </maintainer>
   <use>
-    <flag name="audit">
-      Enable support for sys-process/audit.
-    </flag>
     <flag name="demangle">
       Enable C++ symbol name demangling, using libbfd from
       <pkg>sys-devel/binutils</pkg>. When this flag is enabled, the
diff --git a/gnome-base/gdm/metadata.xml b/gnome-base/gdm/metadata.xml
index 78fb7ea43f02f..b7d56fb6fa851 100644
--- a/gnome-base/gdm/metadata.xml
+++ b/gnome-base/gdm/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 <herd>gnome</herd>
 <use>
-	<flag name="audit">Enable support for <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
 	<flag name="fprint">Enables experimental fingerprint authentication using
 		<pkg>sys-auth/fprintd</pkg></flag>
 	<flag name="plymouth">Enable support for smooth transition from
diff --git a/sys-apps/openrc/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/openrc/metadata.xml
index 8c3b63ef0966e..00439362b480d 100644
--- a/sys-apps/openrc/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/openrc/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<herd>openrc</herd>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="audit">enable support for Linux audit subsystem</flag>
 		<flag name="netifrc">enable Gentoo's network stack (net.* scripts)</flag>
 		<flag name="newnet">enable the new network stack (experimental)</flag>
 		<flag name="tools">build optional tools</flag>
diff --git a/sys-apps/shadow/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/shadow/metadata.xml
index 59792273c6dc2..87480c47de825 100644
--- a/sys-apps/shadow/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/shadow/metadata.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 <herd>base-system</herd>
 <herd>pam</herd> <!-- only for USE=pam -->
-<use>
- <flag name='audit'>Enable support for <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
-</use>
 <upstream>
  <remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:debian:shadow</remote-id>
 </upstream>
diff --git a/sys-libs/pam/metadata.xml b/sys-libs/pam/metadata.xml
index 4ee5aecd2bb5b..f69d9e3e8118e 100644
--- a/sys-libs/pam/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-libs/pam/metadata.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
     <email>pam-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
   </maintainer>
   <use>
-    <flag name='audit'>Enable support for <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
-
     <flag name="berkdb">
       Build the pam_userdb module, that allows to authenticate users
       against a Berkeley DB file. Please note that enabling this USE
diff --git a/x11-misc/lightdm/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/lightdm/metadata.xml
index 734e0de223126..eb31e4ae1bc2e 100644
--- a/x11-misc/lightdm/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/lightdm/metadata.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 		<name>Markos Chandras</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="audit">support <pkg>sys-process/audit</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="gtk">Pull in the gtk+ greeter</flag>
 		<flag name="introspection">Use dev-libs/gobject-introspection for introspection</flag>
 		<flag name="kde">Pull in the kde greeter</flag>