diff --git a/gui-libs/wlroots/metadata.xml b/gui-libs/wlroots/metadata.xml
index 3d959b74fcc6d..69cb7d4fc088c 100644
--- a/gui-libs/wlroots/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-libs/wlroots/metadata.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 		wlroots is developed under the direction of the <pkg>gui-wm/sway</pkg> project.
 	</longdescription>
 	<use>
-		<flag name="display-info">Enable support for EDID and DisplayID</flag>
 		<flag name="hwdata">Use system hwdata</flag>
 		<flag name="liftoff">Enable support for libliftoff kms plane backend</flag>
 		<flag name="seatd">Enable libseatd session support</flag>
diff --git a/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
index ad439b8816b33..ec3331b0dc805 100644
--- a/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-libs/wlroots/wlroots-9999.ebuild
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ else
 fi
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
-IUSE="display-info +hwdata liftoff +seatd tinywl +udev vulkan x11-backend xcb-errors X"
+IUSE="+hwdata liftoff +seatd tinywl +udev vulkan x11-backend xcb-errors X"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libinput-1.14.0:0=
 	>=dev-libs/wayland-1.22.0
 	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.28
 	media-libs/mesa[egl(+),gles2]
-	display-info? ( media-libs/libdisplay-info )
+	media-libs/libdisplay-info
 	hwdata? ( sys-apps/hwdata:= )
 	liftoff? ( dev-libs/libliftoff )
 	seatd? ( sys-auth/seatd:= )