diff --git a/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox-9999.ebuild b/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox-9999.ebuild
index df2ee5fc3f2b..b3314bf4527f 100644
--- a/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox/kodi-game-libretro-dosbox-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-inherit cmake kodi-addon
+inherit cmake
 
 DESCRIPTION="DOSBox GameClient for Kodi"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.dosbox"
-SRC_URI=""
 
-if [[ ${PV} == *9999 ]]; then
-	SRC_URI=""
+if [[ ${PV} == *9999* ]]; then
 	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.dosbox.git"
 	inherit git-r3
-	DEPEND="
-		${DEPEND}
-		~media-tv/kodi-9999"
 else
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 	CODENAME="Matrix"
 	SRC_URI="https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.dosbox/archive/${PV}-${CODENAME}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 	S="${WORKDIR}/game.libretro.dosbox-${PV}-${CODENAME}"
-	DEPEND="
-		${DEPEND}
-		=media-tv/kodi-19*"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
@@ -31,14 +23,22 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
 	games-emulation/libretro-dosbox
-	"
-RDEPEND="
+	=media-tv/kodi-${PV%%.*}*
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	media-plugins/kodi-game-libretro
-	${DEPEND}
-	"
+"
+
 src_prepare() {
-	echo 'find_library(DOSBOX_LIB NAMES dosbox_libretro${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} PATH_SUFFIXES libretro)' > "${S}/Findlibretro-dosbox.cmake" || die
+	echo 'find_library(DOSBOX_LIB NAMES dosbox_libretro${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} PATH_SUFFIXES libretro)' > \
+		"Findlibretro-dosbox.cmake" || die
 	cmake_src_prepare
 }
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/kodi"
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}