diff --git a/kde-frameworks/prison/prison-5.38.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/prison/prison-5.38.0.ebuild
index d06ff10643f50..c58970ce3531d 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/prison/prison-5.38.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-frameworks/prison/prison-5.38.0.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="
 	$(add_qt_dep qtgui)
-	media-gfx/qrencode
+	media-gfx/qrencode:=
 	media-libs/libdmtx
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"