diff --git a/app-emulation/hercules-sdl-telnet/hercules-sdl-telnet-4.8.0.ebuild b/app-emulation/hercules-sdl-telnet/hercules-sdl-telnet-4.8.0.ebuild
index b5023b788d03a..086de494f0853 100644
--- a/app-emulation/hercules-sdl-telnet/hercules-sdl-telnet-4.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/hercules-sdl-telnet/hercules-sdl-telnet-4.8.0.ebuild
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/telnet/archive/${COMMIT}.tar.gz ->
 S="${WORKDIR}/telnet-${COMMIT}"
 LICENSE="public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ppc64"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc64"
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/cmakefix.patch" )