diff --git a/dev-libs/libressl/libressl-2.6.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libressl/libressl-2.6.4.ebuild
index 0bcae6becd661..5f32a09d41940 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libressl/libressl-2.6.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libressl/libressl-2.6.4.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-e '/^[ \t]*USER_CFLAGS=/s#-O2"#"#' \
 		configure || die "fixing CFLAGS failed"
 
-	eapply_user
+	default
 }
 
 multilib_src_configure() {