diff --git a/dev-haskell/edit-distance/edit-distance-0.2.2.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-haskell/edit-distance/edit-distance-0.2.2.1-r1.ebuild
index dc80d5f5cc0f4..a1a1bdefc1501 100644
--- a/dev-haskell/edit-distance/edit-distance-0.2.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-haskell/edit-distance/edit-distance-0.2.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		dev-haskell/test-framework-quickcheck2 )
 "
 
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-
-	cabal_chdeps \
-		'QuickCheck >= 2.4 && <2.9' 'QuickCheck >= 2.4'
-}
+CABAL_CHDEPS=(
+	'QuickCheck >= 2.4 && <2.9' 'QuickCheck >= 2.4'
+)