diff --git a/gui-apps/yambar/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/yambar/metadata.xml
index 1ce6eb5e80..ef06f3bcb5 100644
--- a/gui-apps/yambar/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-apps/yambar/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>leonardohn@null.net</email>
 		<name>Leonardo H. Neumann</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="lto">Build with Link Time Optimization (LTO)</flag>
-	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues</bugs-to>
 		<changelog>https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/releases</changelog>
diff --git a/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-1.6.2.ebuild b/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-1.6.2.ebuild
index 1f4199e173..5b1dbd73e6 100644
--- a/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-1.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-1.6.2.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Simplistic and highly configurable status panel for X and Wayland"
 HOMEPAGE="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="lto wayland X"
+IUSE="wayland X"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( wayland X )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_feature wayland backend-wayland)
 		$(meson_feature X backend-x11)
-		$(meson_use lto b_lto)
 		-Dwerror=false
 	)
 	meson_src_configure
diff --git a/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-9999.ebuild
index 1f4199e173..5b1dbd73e6 100644
--- a/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/yambar/yambar-9999.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="Simplistic and highly configurable status panel for X and Wayland"
 HOMEPAGE="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="lto wayland X"
+IUSE="wayland X"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( wayland X )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
 		$(meson_feature wayland backend-wayland)
 		$(meson_feature X backend-x11)
-		$(meson_use lto b_lto)
 		-Dwerror=false
 	)
 	meson_src_configure