diff --git a/dev-util/mdds/mdds-1.2.2.ebuild b/dev-util/mdds/mdds-1.2.2.ebuild
index bdb723486a582..4cac987a4f98c 100644
--- a/dev-util/mdds/mdds-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/mdds/mdds-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EAPI=6
 EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/mdds/mdds.git"
 [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && GITECLASS="git-r3 autotools"
 
-inherit eutils toolchain-funcs ${GITECLASS}
+inherit toolchain-funcs ${GITECLASS}
 
 DESCRIPTION="A collection of multi-dimensional data structure and indexing algorithm"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/mdds/mdds"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 DOCS=() # buildsystem installs docs
 
 src_prepare(){
-	eapply_user
+	default
 	[[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && eautoreconf
 }
 
diff --git a/dev-util/mdds/mdds-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/mdds/mdds-9999.ebuild
index f2e2b99b38c23..867cc2658844f 100644
--- a/dev-util/mdds/mdds-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/mdds/mdds-9999.ebuild
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EAPI=6
 EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/mdds/mdds.git"
 [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && GITECLASS="git-r3 autotools"
 
-inherit eutils toolchain-funcs ${GITECLASS}
+inherit toolchain-funcs ${GITECLASS}
 
 DESCRIPTION="A collection of multi-dimensional data structure and indexing algorithm"
 HOMEPAGE="https://gitlab.com/mdds/mdds"
@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 DOCS=() # buildsystem installs docs
 
 src_prepare(){
-	eapply_user
+	default
 	[[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && eautoreconf
 }
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf \
 		$(use_enable doc docs) \
-		$(use_enable valgrind memory_tests) \
-		--docdir="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
+		$(use_enable valgrind memory_tests)
 }
 
 src_compile() { :; }