diff --git a/app-editors/qemacs/qemacs-0.4.1_pre20170225.ebuild b/app-editors/qemacs/qemacs-0.4.1_pre20170225.ebuild
index efbed2aa6c707..d64a4d89ed714 100644
--- a/app-editors/qemacs/qemacs-0.4.1_pre20170225.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/qemacs/qemacs-0.4.1_pre20170225.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/distfiles/${P}.tar.xz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+ GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ~ppc x86"
-IUSE="gui png unicode xv"
+IUSE="gui png xv"
 RESTRICT="test"
 
 RDEPEND="