diff --git a/dev-qt/qt5compat/qt5compat-6.5.2-r1.ebuild b/dev-qt/qt5compat/qt5compat-6.5.2-r1.ebuild
index f7beee148ed0a..aa715cf61b5fe 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qt5compat/qt5compat-6.5.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qt5compat/qt5compat-6.5.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inherit qt6-build
 DESCRIPTION="Qt module containing the unsupported Qt 5 APIs"
 
 if [[ ${QT6_BUILD_TYPE} == release ]]; then
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+	KEYWORDS="amd64"
 fi
 
 IUSE="icu qml"