diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-6.0.16.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-6.0.16.ebuild
index 8fbf8d4..d1e6a6d 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-6.0.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-6.0.16.ebuild
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		--force-jobs # Reapply #906897, fix #935274
 		--jobs="$(makeopts_jobs)"
 		--use-system-boost
-		--use-system-mongo-c
 		--use-system-pcre
 		--use-system-snappy
 		--use-system-stemmer