diff --git a/app-xemacs/vm/vm-8.11.ebuild b/app-xemacs/vm/vm-8.11.ebuild
index c2febcfdd46a8..7299aba77b0a1 100644
--- a/app-xemacs/vm/vm-8.11.ebuild
+++ b/app-xemacs/vm/vm-8.11.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ app-xemacs/os-utils
 app-xemacs/bbdb
 app-xemacs/fsf-compat
 "
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
+KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
 
 inherit xemacs-packages