diff --git a/app-xemacs/reftex/reftex-1.36.ebuild b/app-xemacs/reftex/reftex-1.36.ebuild
index 9d669ebc3db3b..a148200b08dfa 100644
--- a/app-xemacs/reftex/reftex-1.36.ebuild
+++ b/app-xemacs/reftex/reftex-1.36.ebuild
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ XEMACS_PKG_CAT="standard"
 
 RDEPEND="app-xemacs/xemacs-base
 "
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
+KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
 
 inherit xemacs-packages