diff --git a/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.24.31-r1.ebuild b/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.24.31-r1.ebuild
index 4b44fc7572e4d..c0ddcb1c6e184 100644
--- a/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.24.31-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.24.31-r1.ebuild
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	!<x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r201:0
 	>=x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme-3.14
 	x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard
-	x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita
 "
 # librsvg for svg icons (PDEPEND to avoid circular dep), bug #547710
 PDEPEND="
+	x11-themes/gtk-engines-adwaita
 	gnome-base/librsvg[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	vim-syntax? ( app-vim/gtk-syntax )
 "