diff --git a/etc/portage/package.use/lvm2 b/etc/portage/package.use/lvm2
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+# vim: set ft=gentoo-package-use :
+
+# Dustin C. Hatch <dustin@hatch.name> 28 Jul 2014
+# Not necessary, pulls in extra crap
+sys-fs/lvm2 -thin