diff --git a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.6.ebuild b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.6.ebuild
index bd50aa8014428..2556b836d776e 100644
--- a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.6.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# it off
 	sed -i -e '/run_microbenchmarks/s:true:false:' snappy-test.cc || die
 
-	default
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
 }
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
diff --git a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.ebuild b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.ebuild
index c87bf5a201516..7eb64d8c0c05f 100644
--- a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.ebuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# it off
 	sed -i -e '/run_microbenchmarks/s:true:false:' snappy-test.cc || die
 
-	default
+	cmake-utils_src_prepare
 }
 
 multilib_src_configure() {