diff --git a/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.10.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.10.1-r1.ebuild
index e0b49a5b8c416..af4c73e638dba 100644
--- a/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.10.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.10.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/dbus-glib
 	>=dev-libs/libgee-0.10:0.8[introspection]
 	dev-libs/libxml2
-	sys-libs/ncurses:=
-	sys-libs/readline:=
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
+	sys-libs/readline:0=
 
 	bluetooth? ( >=net-wireless/bluez-5 )
 	eds? ( >=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.8:=[vala] )
diff --git a/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.11.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.11.1.ebuild
index a35bef3efa9e3..2ac2c2cace5ac 100644
--- a/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/folks/folks-0.11.1.ebuild
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/dbus-glib
 	>=dev-libs/libgee-0.10:0.8[introspection]
 	dev-libs/libxml2
-	sys-libs/ncurses:=
-	sys-libs/readline:=
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
+	sys-libs/readline:0=
 
 	bluetooth? ( >=net-wireless/bluez-5 )
 	eds? ( >=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-3.13.90:=[vala] )