diff --git a/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.6.1.ebuild b/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.6.1.ebuild
index 9986e82df7b08..93c3d40003f42 100644
--- a/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.6.1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="vala? ( introspection )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	app-text/iso-codes
-	>=app-text/enchant-1.6.0:=
+	>=app-text/enchant-1.6.0:0/0
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.44:2
 	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20:3[introspection?]
 	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.42.0:= )
diff --git a/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.8.1.ebuild b/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.8.1.ebuild
index 25b7ed6753a00..18dcf94ede51c 100644
--- a/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/gspell/gspell-1.8.1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="vala? ( introspection )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	app-text/iso-codes
-	>=app-text/enchant-2.1.3:=
+	>=app-text/enchant-2.1.3
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.44:2
 	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20:3[introspection?]
 	introspection? ( >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.42.0:= )