diff --git a/app-crypt/mit-krb5/metadata.xml b/app-crypt/mit-krb5/metadata.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-<herd>kerberos</herd>
-<longdescription>Kerberos 5 reference implementation from MIT</longdescription>
-<use>
-  <flag name="krb4">
-    This option enables Kerberos V4 backwards compatibility using the
-    builtin Kerberos V4 library. This is really outdated and dangerous
-    to use because not safe.
-  </flag>
-  <flag name="doc">
-    Creates and installs the API and implementation
-    documentation. This is only useful if you want to develop software
-    which depends on kerberos.
-  </flag>
-  <flag name="tcl">
-    Some of the unit-tests in the build tree rely upon using a program
-    in Tcl. This flag is marked for removal.
-  </flag>
-  <flag name="ldap">
-    Enables ldap backend support in krb5.
-  </flag>
-</use>
-</pkgmetadata>