diff --git a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.10.ebuild b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.10.ebuild
index c1b6e7f9e3ac2..d9ea6b09ba688 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.10.ebuild
+++ b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.10.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-editors/vim-core
 	dev-libs/concurrencykit
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/libtool:=
+	sys-devel/libtool
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? ( dev-util/cram )"
 
diff --git a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.12.ebuild b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.12.ebuild
index e769a1e995f23..bde2254ca9fbb 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.12.ebuild
+++ b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.12.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="aio? ( dev-libs/libaio )
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-libs/concurrencykit
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/libtool:=
+	sys-devel/libtool
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? ( dev-util/cram )"
 
diff --git a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.7.ebuild b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.7.ebuild
index c1b6e7f9e3ac2..d9ea6b09ba688 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.7.ebuild
+++ b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-1.0.7.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-editors/vim-core
 	dev-libs/concurrencykit
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/libtool:=
+	sys-devel/libtool
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? ( dev-util/cram )"
 
diff --git a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-9999.ebuild b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-9999.ebuild
index 1aecf3abd2ede..6873945f546cb 100644
--- a/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-benchmarks/sysbench/sysbench-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-editors/vim-core
 	dev-libs/concurrencykit
 	dev-libs/libxslt
-	sys-devel/libtool:=
+	sys-devel/libtool
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? ( dev-util/cram )"