diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.97.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.97.1.ebuild
index 485b782996bff..1ba1aa016ca5c 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.97.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.97.1.ebuild
@@ -953,8 +953,10 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# Not required for general use, installs rustc-dev component (i.e. internal rlibs)
 	# needed to link to compiler internals for (e.g.) crubit
-	use rustc-dev && DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
-		--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	if use rustc-dev ; then
+		DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
+			--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	fi
 
 	docompress /usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/share/man/
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.98.1.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.98.1.ebuild
index 0fcbbdb4a2c83..affc9ef84f4e4 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.98.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.98.1.ebuild
@@ -954,8 +954,10 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# Not required for general use, installs rustc-dev component (i.e. internal rlibs)
 	# needed to link to compiler internals for (e.g.) crubit
-	use rustc-dev && DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
-		--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	if use rustc-dev ; then
+		DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
+			--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	fi
 
 	docompress /usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/share/man/
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.99.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.99.0.ebuild
index 32b0eaaa3b555..f01330b4573b3 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.99.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.99.0.ebuild
@@ -953,8 +953,10 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# Not required for general use, installs rustc-dev component (i.e. internal rlibs)
 	# needed to link to compiler internals for (e.g.) crubit
-	use rustc-dev && DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
-		--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	if use rustc-dev ; then
+		DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
+			--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	fi
 
 	docompress /usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/share/man/
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-9999.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-9999.ebuild
index 1c3d1bfe45d7b..115e0eceba997 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-9999.ebuild
@@ -953,8 +953,10 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# Not required for general use, installs rustc-dev component (i.e. internal rlibs)
 	# needed to link to compiler internals for (e.g.) crubit
-	use rustc-dev && DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
-		--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	if use rustc-dev ; then
+		DESTDIR="${D}" "${EPYTHON}" ./x.py install rustc-dev -v \
+			--config="${S}"/bootstrap.toml -j$(get_makeopts_jobs) || die
+	fi
 
 	docompress /usr/lib/${PN}/${SLOT}/share/man/