diff --git a/virtual/libudev/libudev-215-r1.ebuild b/virtual/libudev/libudev-215-r1.ebuild
index 1814c7f715372..dac1458fb0a9d 100644
--- a/virtual/libudev/libudev-215-r1.ebuild
+++ b/virtual/libudev/libudev-215-r1.ebuild
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ REQUIRED_USE="systemd? ( !static-libs )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	!systemd? ( || (
-		>=sys-fs/eudev-1.3:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs?]
-		>=sys-fs/udev-208-r1:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs?]
+		>=sys-fs/eudev-1.3:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs(-)?]
+		>=sys-fs/udev-208-r1:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs(-)?]
 	) )
 	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-212-r5:0/2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 "
diff --git a/virtual/libudev/libudev-232.ebuild b/virtual/libudev/libudev-232.ebuild
index 7d11eac927b31..d307b7a255e9f 100644
--- a/virtual/libudev/libudev-232.ebuild
+++ b/virtual/libudev/libudev-232.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="systemd? ( !static-libs )"
 RDEPEND="
 	!systemd? (
 		static-libs? (
-			>=sys-fs/eudev-1.3:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs]
+			>=sys-fs/eudev-1.3:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP},static-libs(-)]
 		)
 		!static-libs? ( || (
 			>=sys-fs/eudev-1.3:0/0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]