diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82762a0..8d865ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Some useful scripts for gentoo.
 ## Global settings
 
 - `AUTO_SUDO` - runs scripts as sudo automatically (default: `0`)
-- `DEFAULT_GETBINPKG` - adds `--getbinpkg` flag to `emerge` command (default: `0`)
 
 ## Install
 
diff --git a/scripts/enewyear b/scripts/enewyear
index d500476..249a0f0 100755
--- a/scripts/enewyear
+++ b/scripts/enewyear
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # See LICENSE for copyright information
 
 AUTO_SUDO=0
-DEFAULT_GETBINPKG=0
 
 if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
     if [[ "$AUTO_SUDO" -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -22,8 +21,4 @@ fi
 
 flags=("--ask" "--verbose" "--quiet" "--emptytree" "--with-bdeps=y" "--keep-going=y" "--backtrack=30")
 
-if [[ "$DEFAULT_GETBINPKG" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    flags+=("--getbinpkg")
-fi
-
 emerge "${flags[@]}" @world
diff --git a/scripts/eupd b/scripts/eupd
index 39b0430..00c90ed 100755
--- a/scripts/eupd
+++ b/scripts/eupd
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # See LICENSE for copyright information
 
 AUTO_SUDO=0
-DEFAULT_GETBINPKG=0
 
 COMMON_UPDATE_FLAGS=("--update" "--newuse" "--deep" "--with-bdeps=y" "--keep-going=y" "--autounmask" "--autounmask-write")
 DEFAULT_UPDATE_FLAGS=("--ask" "--verbose" "--quiet")
@@ -18,10 +17,6 @@ DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGS=("--quiet")
 COMMON_DEPCLEAN_FLAGS=("--depclean")
 DEFAULT_DEPCLEAN_FLAGS=("--ask" "--quiet")
 
-if [[ "$DEFAULT_GETBINPKG" -eq 1 ]]; then
-    DEFAULT_UPDATE_FLAGS+=("--getbinpkg")
-fi
-
 if [[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]]; then
     if [[ "$AUTO_SUDO" -eq 1 ]]; then
         sudo "$0" "$@"