diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/app-misc b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/app-misc
index 862f9ca63..6fd7e36a8 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/app-misc
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.use/app-misc
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 app-misc/lirc ftdi inputlirc
-app-misc/mc -slang
+
+# mc does not follow ncurses changes and breaks every now and then. See:
+# http://midnight-commander.org/ticket/1769 (2009)
+# https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/4257 (2021)
+app-misc/mc slang