diff --git a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-5.0_p20220520.ebuild b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-5.0_p20220520.ebuild
index 582306b2f5a33..d01848ded2417 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-5.0_p20220520.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-5.0_p20220520.ebuild
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ declare -A KEEP_BUNDLED=(
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
-	if use mgba; then
+	if use mgba && [[ ${PV} != *9999 ]]; then
 		rmdir Externals/mGBA/mgba || die
 		mv "${WORKDIR}/mgba-${MGBA_COMMIT}" Externals/mGBA/mgba || die
 	fi
diff --git a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
index 69da69fee18f2..d888afe15b4d3 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dolphin/dolphin-9999.ebuild
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ declare -A KEEP_BUNDLED=(
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
-	if use mgba; then
+	if use mgba && [[ ${PV} != *9999 ]]; then
 		rmdir Externals/mGBA/mgba || die
 		mv "${WORKDIR}/mgba-${MGBA_COMMIT}" Externals/mGBA/mgba || die
 	fi