diff --git a/eclass/calculate-kernel-8.eclass b/eclass/calculate-kernel-8.eclass
index b259492bd..1ce0a5de5 100644
--- a/eclass/calculate-kernel-8.eclass
+++ b/eclass/calculate-kernel-8.eclass
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ RDEPEND="${CDEPEND} vmlinuz? ( sys-kernel/dracut )"
 detect_version
 detect_arch
 
-IUSE="+vmlinuz desktop pae minimal themes firmware +grub"
+IUSE="+vmlinuz desktop minimal themes firmware +grub"
 
 if [[ ${KV_MAJOR} -lt 3 ]]
 then
diff --git a/profiles/use.local.desc b/profiles/use.local.desc
index 57e91f9dc..78ccb9dbd 100644
--- a/profiles/use.local.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.local.desc
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ sys-kernel/calculate-sources:firmware - Install linux kernel firmware
 sys-kernel/calculate-sources:minimal - Don't install kernel sources
 sys-kernel/calculate-sources:themes - Adds Calculate themes dependence
 sys-kernel/calculate-sources:vmlinuz - Build kernel, modules and initramfs
-sys-kernel/calculate-sources:pae - Build kernel with PAE
 sys-kernel/calculate-sources:muqss - Build kernel with MuQSS
 sys-kernel/calculate-sources:fsync - Build kernel with futex-wait-multiple patchset
 sys-apps/kmod:lzma - Enable support for XZ compressed modules