diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.11.4-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.11.4-r1.ebuild
index b60c61190885e..8760a1ca590f9 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.11.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.11.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	if use java; then
 		# Move the native library into the proper place for Gentoo.  The
-		# library in ${D} has already had its RPATH fixed, so we use it
+		# library in ${ED} has already had its RPATH fixed, so we use it
 		# rather than ${BUILD_DIR}/swig/java/libgdalalljni.so.
-		java-pkg_doso "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni/libgdalalljni.so"
+		java-pkg_doso "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni/libgdalalljni.so"
 		rm -rf "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni" || die
 	fi
 
diff --git a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.9.3-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.9.3-r1.ebuild
index cf586c99eb8a3..d169c8993189d 100644
--- a/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.9.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/gdal/gdal-3.9.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 	if use java; then
 		# Move the native library into the proper place for Gentoo.  The
-		# library in ${D} has already had its RPATH fixed, so we use it
+		# library in ${ED} has already had its RPATH fixed, so we use it
 		# rather than ${BUILD_DIR}/swig/java/libgdalalljni.so.
-		java-pkg_doso "${D}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni/libgdalalljni.so"
+		java-pkg_doso "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni/libgdalalljni.so"
 		rm -rf "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/jni" || die
 	fi