diff --git a/www-misc/shellinabox/metadata.xml b/www-misc/shellinabox/metadata.xml
index 1a5ec634fb68e..0f746a67cd9ad 100644
--- a/www-misc/shellinabox/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-misc/shellinabox/metadata.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 		<email>shell-tools@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Shell Tools Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="pam">Enable PAM support.</flag>
-	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">shellinabox/shellinabox</remote-id>
 	</upstream>