diff --git a/core/etc/portage/make.conf.CYCLE.2 b/core/etc/portage/make.conf.CYCLE.2
index a0cdf34..acc2016 100644
--- a/core/etc/portage/make.conf.CYCLE.2
+++ b/core/etc/portage/make.conf.CYCLE.2
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-diagnostics-color"
 CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
 MAKEOPTS="-j17"
-USE="-cups -tk -fontforge"
+USE="-tk -fontforge"
 USE_ORDER="env:conf:pkg:defaults:pkginternal:repo:env.d"
 ACCEPT_LICENSE="linux-fw-redistributable no-source-code"