diff --git a/x11-misc/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-3.3.ebuild b/x11-misc/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-3.3.ebuild
index 419a03db323fe..fade99f21edd5 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-3.3.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/xtermcontrol/xtermcontrol-3.3.ebuild
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ SRC_URI="http://www.thrysoee.dk/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~sparc x86"
+KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~sparc x86"
 IUSE=""