diff --git a/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.6.4.recipe b/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.6.4.recipe
index 3a41b1980..00002d2ee 100644
--- a/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.6.4.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/flex/flex-2.6.4.recipe
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/westes/flex/"
 COPYRIGHT="2001-2007 The Flex Project
 	1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California"
 LICENSE="Flex"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="$HOMEPAGE/releases/download/v$portVersion/flex-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995"
 PATCHES="flex-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all"
 
+# only the static library is provided, intentionally
 PROVIDES="
 	flex = $portVersion compat >= 2.5
 	cmd:flex = $portVersion compat >= 2.5