diff --git a/net-firewall/ferm/ferm-2.3.ebuild b/net-firewall/ferm/ferm-2.3.ebuild
index aaefa8cf17282..9baacd635711f 100644
--- a/net-firewall/ferm/ferm-2.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/ferm/ferm-2.3.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc x86"
 IUSE=""
 
 # does not install any perl libs