diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/nettle/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/nettle/metadata.xml
index 62b7968b92..bb86443f70 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/nettle/metadata.xml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-libs/nettle/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@
 		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:nettle_project:nettle</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">gnutls/nettle</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="asm">Support assembly hand optimized crypto functions (i.e. faster run time)</flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>