diff --git a/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.12-r1.ebuild b/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.12-r1.ebuild
index 2e79e6a19717b..95aeef2bdf844 100644
--- a/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.12-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.12-r1.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="doc kerberos +modules pam"
 
 CDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/ncurses:=
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 )"
 
diff --git a/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.14.ebuild b/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.14.ebuild
index f0c449a7fdbfa..e820249d94d2e 100644
--- a/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.14.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/openafs/openafs-1.6.14.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~amd64-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="doc kerberos +modules pam"
 
 CDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/ncurses:=
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	pam? ( virtual/pam )
 	kerberos? ( virtual/krb5 )"