diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/metadata.xml
index 01bf426445..9d92ca28bc 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/metadata.xml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/file/metadata.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@
 		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:file_project:file</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">file/file</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="lzip">Enable <pkg>app-arch/lzip</pkg> decompression support via <pkg>app-arch/lzlib</pkg></flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>