diff --git a/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro/kodi-game-libretro-9999.ebuild b/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro/kodi-game-libretro-9999.ebuild
index 44afb58a78b02..8c52999f66084 100644
--- a/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro/kodi-game-libretro-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro/kodi-game-libretro-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-inherit cmake kodi-addon
+inherit cmake
 
 DESCRIPTION="Libretro compatibility layer for the Kodi Game API"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro"
-SRC_URI=""
 
 case ${PV} in
 9999)
-	SRC_URI=""
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.git"
 	inherit git-r3
 	;;
 *)
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 	CODENAME="Matrix"
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro/archive/${PV}-${CODENAME}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	S="${WORKDIR}/game.libretro-${PV}-${CODENAME}"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -27,9 +25,12 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="
-	~media-tv/kodi-9999
-	"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-	"
+DEPEND="=media-tv/kodi-${PV%%.*}*"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/kodi"
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}