diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-26.3-r12.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-26.3-r12.ebuild
index 0b9eb2080e3d2..29c9491118fb0 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-26.3-r12.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-26.3-r12.ebuild
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emacs/emacs-common[games?,gui(-)?]
 		gtk? (
 			x11-libs/gtk+:3
 			xwidgets? (
-				|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-				net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
+				net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1=
 				x11-libs/libXcomposite
 			)
 		)
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-27.2-r10.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-27.2-r10.ebuild
index 9071c259fe2c3..be9e4f277203d 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-27.2-r10.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-27.2-r10.ebuild
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emacs/emacs-common[games?,gui(-)?]
 		gtk? (
 			x11-libs/gtk+:3
 			xwidgets? (
-				|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-				net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
+				net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1=
 				x11-libs/libXcomposite
 			)
 		)
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-28.2-r5.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-28.2-r5.ebuild
index 14b618129cf00..6ffaf5fe8d0c6 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-28.2-r5.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-28.2-r5.ebuild
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emacs/emacs-common[games?,gui(-)?]
 		gtk? (
 			x11-libs/gtk+:3
 			xwidgets? (
-				|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-				net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
+				net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1=
 				x11-libs/libXcomposite
 			)
 		)
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.0.9999-r1.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.0.9999-r1.ebuild
index 4da879104fa7c..b06274d3a5656 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.0.9999-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-29.0.9999-r1.ebuild
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ X_DEPEND="x11-libs/libICE
 	gtk? (
 		x11-libs/gtk+:3
 		xwidgets? (
-			|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-			net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
+			net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1=
 			x11-libs/libXcomposite
 		)
 	)
@@ -138,10 +137,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emacs/emacs-common[games?,gui(-)?]
 					>=dev-libs/libotf-0.9.4
 					>=dev-libs/m17n-lib-1.5.1
 				)
-				xwidgets? (
-					|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-					net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
-				)
+				xwidgets? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1= )
 			) )
 			!gtk? ( ${X_DEPEND} )
 			X? ( ${X_DEPEND} )
diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
index 3f3d424ca125f..0a03ca0c6d54e 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-30.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ X_DEPEND="x11-libs/libICE
 	gtk? (
 		x11-libs/gtk+:3
 		xwidgets? (
-			|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-			net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
+			net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1=
 			x11-libs/libXcomposite
 		)
 	)
@@ -138,10 +137,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-emacs/emacs-common[games?,gui(-)?]
 					>=dev-libs/libotf-0.9.4
 					>=dev-libs/m17n-lib-1.5.1
 				)
-				xwidgets? (
-					|| ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1 net-libs/webkit-gtk:4 )
-					net-libs/webkit-gtk:=
-				)
+				xwidgets? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1= )
 			) )
 			!gtk? ( ${X_DEPEND} )
 			X? ( ${X_DEPEND} )