diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.11.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.11.ebuild
index 4c218a5d0893b..f9bb1d6f5ea3c 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.11.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.11.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 CDEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	spotlight? ( dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-libs/libbsd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libtasn1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/popt[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.9-r1.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.9-r1.ebuild
index 84df21f0f4981..98d3c2b94cc32 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.12.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 CDEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	spotlight? ( dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-libs/libbsd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libtasn1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/popt[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.3-r1.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.3-r1.ebuild
index 315792bf5681a..f40f5a08d6929 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	spotlight? ( dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-libs/libbsd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libtasn1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/popt[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.4.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.4.ebuild
index 315792bf5681a..f40f5a08d6929 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.13.4.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	spotlight? ( dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-libs/libbsd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libtasn1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/popt[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.14.0_rc3.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.14.0_rc3.ebuild
index 197b80e679732..7e9750b9d9eaa 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.14.0_rc3.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.14.0_rc3.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=app-arch/libarchive-3.1.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-lang/perl:=
-	dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	spotlight? ( dev-libs/icu:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-libs/libbsd[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libtasn1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/popt[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]