diff --git a/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-1.9.0_rc1-r2.ebuild b/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-1.9.0_rc1-r2.ebuild
index e795ba2ee0fe0..752def4b821b2 100644
--- a/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-1.9.0_rc1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-1.9.0_rc1-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+ECM_KDEINSTALLDIRS="false"
 KDE_AUTODEPS="false"
 inherit kde5
 
diff --git a/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-9999.ebuild b/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-9999.ebuild
index d5f28086e7cc0..9a99d8eec6263 100644
--- a/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/qtcurve/qtcurve-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
+ECM_KDEINSTALLDIRS="false"
 KDE_AUTODEPS="false"
 inherit kde5