diff --git a/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0-r2.ebuild
index 77fc17f4d9820..17988c3772271 100644
--- a/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/crypto++/crypto++-8.2.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.cryptopp.com/cryptopp${PV//.}.zip"
 LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
 SLOT="0/8" # subslot is so version
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-macos"
-IUSE="+asm cpu_flags_x86_aes cpu_flags_x86_avx cpu_flags_x86_avx2 cpu_flags_x86_pclmul preview-cpu_flags_x86_sha cpu_flags_x86_sse2 cpu_flags_x86_sse4_2 cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 static-libs"
+IUSE="+asm cpu_flags_x86_aes cpu_flags_x86_avx cpu_flags_x86_avx2 cpu_flags_x86_pclmul cpu_flags_x86_sse2 cpu_flags_x86_sse4_2 cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 static-libs"
 
 BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip"
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	use cpu_flags_x86_avx || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_AVX
 	use cpu_flags_x86_avx2 || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_AVX2
 	use cpu_flags_x86_pclmul || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_CLMUL
-	use preview-cpu_flags_x86_sha || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SHANI
+	false || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SHANI
 	use cpu_flags_x86_sse2 || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE2
 	use cpu_flags_x86_sse4_2 || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSE4
 	use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 || config_add CRYPTOPP_DISABLE_SSSE3
diff --git a/dev-libs/crypto++/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/crypto++/metadata.xml
index f218389664490..3227b3be7c78f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/crypto++/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/crypto++/metadata.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="asm">Support assembly hand optimized crypto functions (i.e. faster run time)</flag>
-		<flag name="preview-cpu_flags_x86_sha">Enable support for Intel's SHA instruction set (SHA-NI)</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">weidai11/cryptopp</remote-id>