diff --git a/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild b/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
index d8b9123d8f396..751cd660b0033 100644
--- a/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit eutils
+inherit epatch
 
 DESCRIPTION="Convert ordinary English text into text that mimics a stereotyped dialect"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.hyperrealm.com/talkfilters/talkfilters.html"