diff --git a/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.12.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.12.3-r1.ebuild
index cc0279cc6ea01..8fa01e2779f6c 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.12.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.12.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ inherit qt5-build
 DESCRIPTION="Cross-platform application development framework"
 
 if [[ ${QT5_BUILD_TYPE} == release ]]; then
-	KEYWORDS="~arm x86"
+	KEYWORDS="arm x86"
 fi
 
 IUSE="icu systemd"