diff --git a/eclass/apache-2.eclass b/eclass/apache-2.eclass
index ccfe482f528ea..9e80b914afe43 100644
--- a/eclass/apache-2.eclass
+++ b/eclass/apache-2.eclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ esac
 case $(ver_cut 1-2) in
 	2.4)
 		DEFAULT_MPM_THREADED="event" #509922
-		CDEPEND=">=dev-libs/apr-1.5.1:=
+		COMMON_DEPEND=">=dev-libs/apr-1.5.1:=
 			!www-apache/mod_macro" #492578 #477702
 	;;
 	*)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ _apache2_set_mpms() {
 _apache2_set_mpms
 unset -f _apache2_set_mpms
 
-DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	dev-lang/perl
 	=dev-libs/apr-util-1*:=[gdbm=,ldap?]
 	dev-libs/libpcre
diff --git a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r1.ebuild b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r1.ebuild
index ff031a4623048..de842ec792eff 100644
--- a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r1.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r1.ebuild
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ IUSE="${IUSE/apache2_modules_http2/+apache2_modules_http2}"
 # New suexec options (since 2.4.34)
 IUSE="${IUSE} +suexec-caps suexec-syslog split-usr"
 
-CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
+COMMON_DEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 	apache2_modules_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_proxy_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( >=dev-libs/jansson-2.10 )
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/apr-util[openssl] )
 	)"
 
-DEPEND+="${CDEPEND}
+DEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	suexec? ( suexec-caps? ( sys-libs/libcap ) )"
-RDEPEND+="${CDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="apache2_modules_http2? ( ssl )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( ssl )"
diff --git a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r4.ebuild b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r4.ebuild
index 9f40b40102d18..8a6aea0662a1a 100644
--- a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r4.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46-r4.ebuild
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ IUSE="${IUSE/apache2_modules_http2/+apache2_modules_http2}"
 # New suexec options (since 2.4.34)
 IUSE="${IUSE} +suexec-caps suexec-syslog split-usr"
 
-CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
+COMMON_DEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 	apache2_modules_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_proxy_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( >=dev-libs/jansson-2.10 )
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/apr-util[openssl] )
 	)"
 
-DEPEND+="${CDEPEND}
+DEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	suexec? ( suexec-caps? ( sys-libs/libcap ) )"
-RDEPEND+="${CDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="apache2_modules_http2? ( ssl )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( ssl )"
diff --git a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46.ebuild b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46.ebuild
index ed6c693f82faa..b4a4b7d7fb40c 100644
--- a/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/apache/apache-2.4.46.ebuild
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ IUSE="${IUSE/apache2_modules_http2/+apache2_modules_http2}"
 # New suexec options (since 2.4.34)
 IUSE="${IUSE} +suexec-caps suexec-syslog split-usr"
 
-CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
+COMMON_DEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 	apache2_modules_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_proxy_http2? ( >=net-libs/nghttp2-1.2.1 )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( >=dev-libs/jansson-2.10 )
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ CDEPEND="apache2_modules_brotli? ( >=app-arch/brotli-0.6.0:= )
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/apr-util[openssl] )
 	)"
 
-DEPEND+="${CDEPEND}
+DEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	suexec? ( suexec-caps? ( sys-libs/libcap ) )"
-RDEPEND+="${CDEPEND}"
+RDEPEND+="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="apache2_modules_http2? ( ssl )
 	apache2_modules_md? ( ssl )"