diff --git a/x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21.ebuild b/x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21.ebuild
rename to x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21-r1.ebuild
index 4c767977870bf..d0107098fb981 100644
--- a/x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/i3/i3-4.21-r1.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libpcre2
 	dev-libs/yajl
 	x11-libs/cairo[X,xcb(+)]
-	x11-libs/libxcb[xkb]
+	x11-libs/libxcb:=
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[X]
 	x11-libs/pango[X]
 	x11-libs/startup-notification
diff --git a/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild b/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
index af60288595bec..a54a7ed9d5f73 100644
--- a/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libpcre2
 	dev-libs/yajl
 	x11-libs/cairo[X,xcb(+)]
-	x11-libs/libxcb[xkb]
+	x11-libs/libxcb:=
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[X]
 	x11-libs/pango[X]
 	x11-libs/startup-notification