Index: ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl
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--- ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl	(revision 524470)
+++ ports-mgmt/portlint/src/portlint.pl	(working copy)
@@ -3858,10 +3858,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
-# GNOME wants INSTALL_ICONS, but Qt-based applications, including KDE, don't.
-# Be pessimistic: everything needs it unless we know it doesn't.
 sub needs_installs_icons {
-	return $makevar{USE_QT5} eq '' && $makevar{USE_QT} eq ''
+	return $makevar{USES} =~ /gnome/
 }
 
 sub TRUE {1;}