diff --git a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9.9999.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9.9999.ebuild
index 14ce19f4b48d8..6eddf9af47093 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9.9999.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/snappy:=
 	dev-libs/expat
 	dev-libs/libevent:=
-	dev-libs/libxml2[icu]
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=[icu]
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	dev-libs/nspr
 	dev-libs/nss
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9999.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9999.ebuild
index f51bffaf00db6..cb1b41e00f19b 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-6.9999.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-arch/snappy:=
 	dev-libs/expat
 	dev-libs/libevent:=
-	dev-libs/libxml2[icu]
+	dev-libs/libxml2:=[icu]
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	dev-libs/nspr
 	dev-libs/nss