diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
index 13940f7dd..8341d56fc 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/make.defaults
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="${PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES} qa"
 PORTAGE_NICENESS="9"
 PORTAGE_IO_NICENESS="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}"
 
-USE="${USE} X abi_x86_32 adns caps curl directfb fbcon gps jack lm_sensors lua lzma oss perl pulseaudio python ruby samba sqlite subversion vdpau vaapi xattr xinerama x265"
+USE="${USE} X abi_x86_32 adns caps curl fbcon gps jack lm_sensors lua lzma oss perl pulseaudio python ruby samba sqlite subversion vdpau vaapi xattr xinerama x265"
 #we do not want old ruby
 USE="${USE} -ruby_targets_ruby21 -ruby_targets_ruby22"
 
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/make.defaults
index d7cfcca6a..8c47437dc 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/make.defaults
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-USE="${USE} -directfb -introspection -policykit -cups"
+USE="${USE} -introspection -policykit -cups"
 FEATURES="binpkg-multi-instance"