diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-memcache/pecl-memcache-3.0.8-r2.ebuild b/dev-php/pecl-memcache/pecl-memcache-3.0.8-r2.ebuild
index 1559d86be03d0..e35e5048a992e 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-memcache/pecl-memcache-3.0.8-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-memcache/pecl-memcache-3.0.8-r2.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ USE_PHP="php5-6"
 
 inherit php-ext-pecl-r3 flag-o-matic
 
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~hppa ~ppc64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 hppa ppc64 x86"
 
 DESCRIPTION="PHP extension for using memcached"
 LICENSE="PHP-3"