diff --git a/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-0.9.ebuild b/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-0.9.ebuild
index 3da718cb86108..c66c70b8f145a 100644
--- a/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-0.9.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-0.9.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/meson-format-array
+	dev-build/meson-format-array
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
diff --git a/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-9999.ebuild
index 3da718cb86108..c66c70b8f145a 100644
--- a/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/gallium-nine-standalone/gallium-nine-standalone-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/meson-format-array
+	dev-build/meson-format-array
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
diff --git a/dev-util/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array b/dev-build/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-util/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array
rename to dev-build/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array
diff --git a/dev-util/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild b/dev-build/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-util/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild
rename to dev-build/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild
index 1800171ff92f6..e9b3d6f92bc79 100644
--- a/dev-util/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/meson-format-array/meson-format-array-0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
diff --git a/dev-util/meson-format-array/metadata.xml b/dev-build/meson-format-array/metadata.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from dev-util/meson-format-array/metadata.xml
rename to dev-build/meson-format-array/metadata.xml
diff --git a/eclass/meson.eclass b/eclass/meson.eclass
index 12e9dd4bd9a6d..19b83a880a371 100644
--- a/eclass/meson.eclass
+++ b/eclass/meson.eclass
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ inherit multiprocessing ninja-utils python-utils-r1 toolchain-funcs
 
 BDEPEND=">=dev-util/meson-1.2.1
 	${NINJA_DEPEND}
-	dev-util/meson-format-array
+	dev-build/meson-format-array
 "
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: BUILD_DIR
diff --git a/profiles/updates/1Q-2024 b/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
index f13c0df06bf27..a4a782a4949ce 100644
--- a/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
+++ b/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ move sys-devel/bmake dev-build/bmake
 move sys-devel/pmake dev-build/pmake
 move sys-devel/remake dev-build/remake
 move dev-util/valgrind dev-debug/valgrind
+move dev-util/meson-format-array dev-build/meson-format-array