diff --git a/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.75-r1.ebuild b/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.75-r1.ebuild
index f27511036509d..ae998916fd8ee 100644
--- a/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.75-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.75-r1.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( >=app-editors/xemacs-21.5.35 )"
 
 EMACS="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/xemacs"
-EMACSFLAGS="-batch -q --no-site-file"
+EMACSFLAGS="-batch -q -no-site-file"
 
 src_compile() {
 	${EMACS} ${EMACSFLAGS} \