diff --git a/dev-java/commons-logging/commons-logging-1.2-r2.ebuild b/dev-java/commons-logging/commons-logging-1.2-r2.ebuild
index 4aae5b05685cd..0f4bba416ed04 100644
--- a/dev-java/commons-logging/commons-logging-1.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/commons-logging/commons-logging-1.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ DOCS=( RELEASE-NOTES.txt PROPOSAL.html )
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-gentoo.patch"
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-gentoo.patch"
 	# patch to make the build.xml respect no servletapi
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-servletapi.patch"
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/${P}-servletapi.patch"
 
 	# bug #208098
 	echo "jdk.1.4.present=true" > build.properties || die
diff --git a/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-gentoo.patch b/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-gentoo.patch
index f359e8e224bfb..a654ce1fc7631 100644
--- a/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-gentoo.patch
+++ b/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-gentoo.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/build.xml	2013-05-16 22:04:22.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/build.xml	2013-12-25 23:58:47.447266535 +0100
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
 @@ -773,4 +773,23 @@
      </fail>
    </target>
diff --git a/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-servletapi.patch b/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-servletapi.patch
index 96299c131f1b9..a9fccba8d5c19 100644
--- a/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-servletapi.patch
+++ b/dev-java/commons-logging/files/commons-logging-1.2-servletapi.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/build.xml	2013-12-26 00:00:51.019721667 +0100
-+++ b/build.xml	2013-12-26 00:22:27.616511976 +0100
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
 @@ -279,6 +279,8 @@
                 classpathref="compile.classpath"
                 classname="org.apache.log.Logger"/>