diff --git a/dev-util/gersemi/gersemi-0.25.1.ebuild b/dev-util/gersemi/gersemi-0.25.1.ebuild
index ac12ae4e43..ca65178393 100644
--- a/dev-util/gersemi/gersemi-0.25.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/gersemi/gersemi-0.25.1.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
 
-inherit distutils-r1
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
 
 DESCRIPTION="A formatter to make your CMake code the real treasure"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/BlankSpruce/gersemi"
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/BlankSpruce/gersemi/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -
 LICENSE="MPL-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="+color"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/ignore-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/lark[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/platformdirs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-
-	color? ( dev-python/colorama[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
@@ -33,3 +30,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 "
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "colorized diffs support" dev-python/colorama
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/gersemi/metadata.xml b/dev-util/gersemi/metadata.xml
index 21ab62cdbb..e732020e92 100644
--- a/dev-util/gersemi/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/gersemi/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     <name>Pavel Sobolev</name>
     <email>contact@paveloom.dev</email>
   </maintainer>
-  <use>
-    <flag name="color">Enable support for colorized diffs</flag>
-  </use>
   <upstream>
     <bugs-to>https://github.com/BlankSpruce/gersemi/issues</bugs-to>
     <remote-id type="github">BlankSpruce/gersemi</remote-id>