diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-255_rc3.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-255_rc3.ebuild
index bb753d5d7b8dd..5dd68f386e4bd 100644
--- a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-255_rc3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-255_rc3.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ else
 	MY_P=${MY_PN}-${MY_PV}
 	S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/systemd/${MY_PN}/archive/v${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
-	#KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+	if [[ ${PV} != *rc* ]] ; then
+		KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+	fi
 fi
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 linux-info meson-multilib pam python-single-r1
diff --git a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index bb753d5d7b8dd..5dd68f386e4bd 100644
--- a/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ else
 	MY_P=${MY_PN}-${MY_PV}
 	S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/systemd/${MY_PN}/archive/v${MY_PV}/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
-	#KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+
+	if [[ ${PV} != *rc* ]] ; then
+		KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86"
+	fi
 fi
 
 inherit bash-completion-r1 linux-info meson-multilib pam python-single-r1