diff --git a/tinderbox/matter-build.sh b/tinderbox/matter-build.sh
index 4d7f88b7..ec1e7738 100755
--- a/tinderbox/matter-build.sh
+++ b/tinderbox/matter-build.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ echo "Acquiring locks at ${LOCK_FILE} and ${LVM_LOCK_FILE} in blocking mode, wai
 		echo "Starting matter-scheduler at $(date)..."
 		export ETP_NO_COLOR="1"
 
-		# TODO: remove after Entropy 177
-		# we want --oneshot for emerge
-		export MATTER_PORTAGE_BUILD_ARGS="--verbose --oneshot --nospinner --quiet-build=y --fail-clean=y --complete-graph --newuse"
-
 		# Place standard outout and standard error together to make
 		# tee happy. Filter out stdout because it gets to mail
 		PARTICLES_DIR="/particles/${schedule}" MATTER_ARGS="--commit --blocking --gentle --disable-preserved-libs ${@}" "${PRE_CHROOT}" \