diff --git a/x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0.ebuild
index 104cad3b9417c..2ee22731467a0 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3blocks-contrib/i3blocks-contrib-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
 
 DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="!<x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5
-	>=x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5"
+RDEPEND=">=x11-misc/i3blocks-1.5"
 BDEPEND=""
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-respect-CFLAGS.patch )