diff --git a/sys-devel/kgcc64/kgcc64-10.5.0.ebuild b/sys-devel/kgcc64/kgcc64-10.5.0.ebuild
index 5a982f7f9fc58..dfa291ec5bc37 100644
--- a/sys-devel/kgcc64/kgcc64-10.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/kgcc64/kgcc64-10.5.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ inherit toolchain
 DESCRIPTION="64bit kernel compiler"
 
 # Works on hppa and mips; all other archs, refer to bug #228115
-KEYWORDS="~hppa"
+KEYWORDS="hppa"
 
 # unlike every other target, hppa has not unified the 32/64 bit
 # ports in binutils yet