diff --git a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
index 418af3a3..b8042e96 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ USE="${USE} gpm tslib"
 USE="${USE} acpi"
 
 # develop
-USE="${USE} bash-completion cscope -debug -fortran \
+USE="${USE} bash-completion cscope -debug \
             -lua -mono pch \
             -tcl -tidy -tk -tokenizer \
             vim-syntax"
diff --git a/profiles/server/make.defaults b/profiles/server/make.defaults
index f52dbd8a..fe204877 100644
--- a/profiles/server/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/server/make.defaults
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ USE="${USE} -tslib"
 USE="${USE} acpi"
 
 # develop
-USE="${USE} bash-completion cscope -debug -fortran -java \
+USE="${USE} bash-completion cscope -debug -java \
             -introspection -lua -mono pch \
             -tcl -tidy -tk \
             vim-syntax"