diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-21.9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-21.9999.ebuild
index 4a53dda2accb7..2659634aefd90 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-21.9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-21.9999.ebuild
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 "
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-# dev-libs/libcec[-cubox] bug #818262
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/flatbuffers-23.3.3:=
 	>=dev-libs/lzo-2.04:2
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		sys-libs/libcap
 	)
 	cec? (
-		>=dev-libs/libcec-4.0[-cubox(-)]
+		>=dev-libs/libcec-4.0:=
 	)
 	dbus? (
 		sys-apps/dbus
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 0370cadeec908..103a314d16c11 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="
 "
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-# dev-libs/libcec[-cubox] bug #818262
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/flatbuffers-23.3.3:=
 	>=dev-libs/lzo-2.04:2
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ COMMON_TARGET_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		sys-libs/libcap
 	)
 	cec? (
-		>=dev-libs/libcec-4.0[-cubox(-)]
+		>=dev-libs/libcec-4.0:=
 	)
 	dbus? (
 		sys-apps/dbus