diff --git a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-3.1c.ebuild b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-3.1c.ebuild
index e0b72a2da447e..6e46747b16c84 100644
--- a/app-misc/tmux/tmux-3.1c.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/tmux/tmux-3.1c.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 
 LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="debug selinux utempter vim-syntax kernel_linux"
+IUSE="debug selinux utempter vim-syntax"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libevent:0=