diff --git a/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.15-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.15-r1.ebuild
index 5a0a5ca95e879..11885ae1c9643 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.15-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.15-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ IUSE="bcache +cryptsetup dmraid doc lvm kbd test"
 CDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.42.2
 	dev-libs/libbytesize
+	>=sys-apps/kmod-19
 	>=sys-apps/util-linux-2.27
 	>=sys-block/parted-3.1
 	cryptsetup? (
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 		sys-fs/lvm2
 		virtual/udev
 	)
-	kbd? ( >=sys-apps/kmod-19 )
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 
diff --git a/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.16.ebuild b/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.16.ebuild
index 5a0a5ca95e879..11885ae1c9643 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.16.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libblockdev/libblockdev-2.16.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ IUSE="bcache +cryptsetup dmraid doc lvm kbd test"
 CDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.42.2
 	dev-libs/libbytesize
+	>=sys-apps/kmod-19
 	>=sys-apps/util-linux-2.27
 	>=sys-block/parted-3.1
 	cryptsetup? (
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 		sys-fs/lvm2
 		virtual/udev
 	)
-	kbd? ( >=sys-apps/kmod-19 )
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "