diff --git a/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.17.ebuild b/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.17.ebuild
index b3a21709e3061..72fcbe2e10918 100644
--- a/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.17.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ IUSE=""
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!<dev-python/PyQt5-5.12.2
+"
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 
diff --git a/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.18.ebuild b/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.18.ebuild
index 7a8d6adad884e..5c22459422146 100644
--- a/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.18.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/PyQt5-sip/PyQt5-sip-4.19.18.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ IUSE=""
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!<dev-python/PyQt5-5.12.2
+"
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}