diff --git a/profiles/package.use.mask b/profiles/package.use.mask
index 0ed1dc431c..29315e71e8 100644
--- a/profiles/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.use.mask
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ sys-cluster/clusteringsuite muster
 # https://github.com/leobago/fti/issues/399
 sys-cluster/fti fortran
 
-# Alessandro Barbieri <lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com> (2021-08-03)
-# build failure with kernels >=5.8
-# https://github.com/hjelmn/xpmem/issues/43
-sys-kernel/xpmem modules
-
 # Alessandro Barbieri <lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com> (2021-08-06)
 # sys-cluster/SOS doesn't get recognized as valid openshmem
 # https://github.com/bsc-performance-tools/extrae/issues/35