diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
index 5a6484e3a..6e3507a5e 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/net-misc
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ net-misc/spice-gtk gtk3 python usbredir
 net-vpn/tor nat-pmp tor-hardening transparent-proxy upnp threads
 
 #ncurses pulls dev-libs/newt which pulls slang
-net-misc/networkmanager connection-sharing modemmanager -ncurses
+net-misc/networkmanager connection-sharing -ncurses