diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1-r4.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1-r4.ebuild
index 2b6082dff7318..040aa88360939 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1-r4.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1-r4.ebuild
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 			|| die "Upstream version number changed to ${FULL_VERSION}"
 	fi
 
+	default
+
 	if use jit; then
 		find lisp -type f -name "*.elc" -delete || die
 
@@ -197,8 +199,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 				| sed -n '/^libraries:/{s:^[^/]*::;p}')
 	fi
 
-	default
-
 	# Fix filename reference in redirected man page
 	sed -i -e "/^\\.so/s/etags/&-${EMACS_SUFFIX}/" doc/man/ctags.1 || die
 
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1.9999.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1.9999.ebuild
index f5b24beb69809..25d19bc31d283 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.1.9999.ebuild
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 			|| die "Upstream version number changed to ${FULL_VERSION}"
 	fi
 
+	default
+
 	if use jit; then
 		find lisp -type f -name "*.elc" -delete || die
 
@@ -194,8 +196,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 				| sed -n '/^libraries:/{s:^[^/]*::;p}')
 	fi
 
-	default
-
 	# Fix filename reference in redirected man page
 	sed -i -e "/^\\.so/s/etags/&-${EMACS_SUFFIX}/" doc/man/ctags.1 || die
 
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
index dec82f14d0ea4..256307d1056be 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 			|| die "Upstream version number changed to ${FULL_VERSION}"
 	fi
 
+	default
+
 	if use jit; then
 		find lisp -type f -name "*.elc" -delete || die
 
@@ -195,8 +197,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 				| sed -n '/^libraries:/{s:^[^/]*::;p}')
 	fi
 
-	default
-
 	# Fix filename reference in redirected man page
 	sed -i -e "/^\\.so/s/etags/&-${EMACS_SUFFIX}/" doc/man/ctags.1 || die