diff --git a/app-emulation/free42/free42-1.5.12.ebuild b/app-emulation/free42/free42-1.5.12.ebuild
index bd5cf0176720e..05ad5399f3e96 100644
--- a/app-emulation/free42/free42-1.5.12.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/free42/free42-1.5.12.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 		"${S}/gtk/shell_main.cc" || die
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-makefile.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-build-intel-lib.patch
-	eapply_user
+	default
 }
 
 src_compile() {