diff --git a/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.1.4.ebuild b/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.1.4.ebuild
index bd005ed29a16d..f26f972cbdae9 100644
--- a/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm x86"
 IUSE="selinux tools"
 
-BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.12"
+BDEPEND="<dev-lang/go-1.13"
 RDEPEND="selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-syncthing )"
 
 DOCS=( README.md AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING.md )
diff --git a/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.2.1.ebuild b/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.2.1.ebuild
index f64fbf20c51b2..8528e3366039d 100644
--- a/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/syncthing/syncthing-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
 IUSE="selinux tools"
 
-BDEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.12"
+BDEPEND="<dev-lang/go-1.13"
 RDEPEND="acct-group/syncthing
 	acct-user/syncthing
 	tools? ( acct-group/stdiscosrv