diff --git a/appliances/airport/package.use b/appliances/airport/package.use
index 98c0754..bb5322a 100644
--- a/appliances/airport/package.use
+++ b/appliances/airport/package.use
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 
 dev-db/postgresql server
 www-servers/nginx http                                                               
diff --git a/appliances/base/package.use b/appliances/base/package.use
index 3a60230..13de947 100644
--- a/appliances/base/package.use
+++ b/appliances/base/package.use
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
diff --git a/appliances/dpaste/package.use b/appliances/dpaste/package.use
index 90cd617..3a23927 100644
--- a/appliances/dpaste/package.use
+++ b/appliances/dpaste/package.use
@@ -9,6 +9,5 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 
 dev-db/postgresql server
diff --git a/appliances/gnome/package.use b/appliances/gnome/package.use
index 0616fad..f302879 100644
--- a/appliances/gnome/package.use
+++ b/appliances/gnome/package.use
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-apps/systemd gudev kmod
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 virtual/udev gudev kmod
 
 # for gnome
diff --git a/appliances/hemp-node/package.use b/appliances/hemp-node/package.use
index 4ed285c..2557440 100644
--- a/appliances/hemp-node/package.use
+++ b/appliances/hemp-node/package.use
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ sys-apps/portage python2
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-fs/udev openrc
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
diff --git a/appliances/kde/package.use b/appliances/kde/package.use
index bed0295..d82f329 100644
--- a/appliances/kde/package.use
+++ b/appliances/kde/package.use
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ sys-auth/pambase consolekit
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-fs/udev openrc
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 
 # per kde
 app-misc/strigi dbus qt4
diff --git a/appliances/mongodb/package.use b/appliances/mongodb/package.use
index ffb1b99..ebdf06a 100644
--- a/appliances/mongodb/package.use
+++ b/appliances/mongodb/package.use
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
diff --git a/appliances/owncloud/package.use b/appliances/owncloud/package.use
index 6bb8ca7..2570a7b 100644
--- a/appliances/owncloud/package.use
+++ b/appliances/owncloud/package.use
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 
 app-admin/eselect-php apache2 fpm
 dev-lang/php apache2 cgi ctype curl fileinfo filter force-cgi-redirect fpm gd hash iconv json mhash pdo session simplexml sqlite truetype xml xmlreader xmlwriter zip zlib
diff --git a/appliances/teamplayer/package.use b/appliances/teamplayer/package.use
index 5c82544..14d5d6b 100644
--- a/appliances/teamplayer/package.use
+++ b/appliances/teamplayer/package.use
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-apps/portage ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 virtual/ffmpeg x264 mp3
 www-servers/nginx http                                                               
diff --git a/appliances/x/package.use b/appliances/x/package.use
index 5ed68da..141ed4e 100644
--- a/appliances/x/package.use
+++ b/appliances/x/package.use
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ dev-util/pkgconfig internal-glib
 sys-apps/hwids udev
 sys-apps/kmod tools
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 x11-base/xorg-server minimal xorg nptl
diff --git a/appliances/xfce/package.use b/appliances/xfce/package.use
index c1ee78c..4eb9a44 100644
--- a/appliances/xfce/package.use
+++ b/appliances/xfce/package.use
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ sys-apps/systemd gudev
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-fs/udev gudev
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
-sys-libs/ncurses minimal
 www-client/firefox bindist
 x11-libs/cairo X glib svg
 x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf X