diff --git a/app-xemacs/ess/ess-1.18.ebuild b/app-xemacs/ess/ess-1.18.ebuild
index 1dae64e95f31f..0d4c77ff6f13a 100644
--- a/app-xemacs/ess/ess-1.18.ebuild
+++ b/app-xemacs/ess/ess-1.18.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ app-xemacs/speedbar
 app-xemacs/sh-script
 app-xemacs/xemacs-eterm
 "
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc ppc64 ~riscv sparc x86"
 
 inherit xemacs-packages