diff --git a/media-gfx/photoqt/metadata.xml b/media-gfx/photoqt/metadata.xml
index c0acf63798da4..d6620e46687fc 100644
--- a/media-gfx/photoqt/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-gfx/photoqt/metadata.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,5 @@
 		<flag name="freeimage">
 			Support additional iamge formats using <pkg>media-libs/freeimage</pkg>
 		</flag>
-		<flag name="exiv2">
-			Use <pkg>media-gfx/exiv2</pkg> as optional dependency
-		</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.5.1-r1.ebuild b/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
index ff02aa7771cc3..7702e5284c0fd 100644
--- a/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://photoqt.org/pkgs/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
-IUSE="exiv2 graphicsmagick raw"
+IUSE="exif graphicsmagick raw"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtcore:5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
 	dev-qt/qtxml:5
-	exiv2? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
+	exif? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
 	graphicsmagick? ( >=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.3.20:= )
 	raw? ( media-libs/libraw:= )
 "
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DEXIV2=$(usex exiv2)
+		-DEXIV2=$(usex exif)
 		-DGM=$(usex graphicsmagick)
 		-DRAW=$(usex raw)
 	)
diff --git a/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.7.1.ebuild b/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.7.1.ebuild
index b1e9fd011dee8..b37af5d4f16ac 100644
--- a/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/photoqt/photoqt-1.7.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://photoqt.org/pkgs/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="devil exiv2 freeimage graphicsmagick pdf raw"
+IUSE="devil exif freeimage graphicsmagick pdf raw"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtcore:5
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/libarchive:=
 	app-arch/unrar
 	devil? ( media-libs/devil )
-	exiv2? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
+	exif? ( media-gfx/exiv2:= )
 	freeimage? ( media-libs/freeimage )
 	graphicsmagick? ( >=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.3.20:= )
 	pdf? ( app-text/poppler[qt5] )
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DDEVIL=$(usex devil)
-		-DEXIV2=$(usex exiv2)
+		-DEXIV2=$(usex exif)
 		-DFREEIMAGE=$(usex freeimage)
 		-DGM=$(usex graphicsmagick)
 		-DPOPPLER=$(usex pdf)