diff --git a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
index 10ff4b50..34805a94 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/desktop/make.defaults
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ USE="${USE} fbcon opengl"
 USE="${USE} cairo truetype"
 
 # audio
-USE="${USE} aac alsa amr dts gsm jack mad mikmod ogg -pulseaudio speex vorbis"
+USE="${USE} aac alsa amr dts gsm mad mikmod ogg -pulseaudio speex vorbis"
 
 # multimedia (video+audio)
 USE="${USE} fftw v4l video vpx x264 x265 xvid"