diff --git a/app-emulation/vice/vice-2.4.22.ebuild b/app-emulation/vice/vice-2.4.22.ebuild
index 407949c7522ac..a18662490426b 100644
--- a/app-emulation/vice/vice-2.4.22.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/vice/vice-2.4.22.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 			x11-libs/libXxf86vm )
 		x11-libs/libX11
 		x11-libs/libXext
-		sys-libs/readline
+		sys-libs/readline:0
 	)
 	gtk? (
 		x11-libs/gtk+:2