diff --git a/dev-ruby/mecab-ruby/mecab-ruby-0.996-r1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/mecab-ruby/mecab-ruby-0.996-r1.ebuild
index d3619d91fc816..b382753e3f67a 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/mecab-ruby/mecab-ruby-0.996-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/mecab-ruby/mecab-ruby-0.996-r1.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://mecab.googlecode.com/files/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="|| ( BSD LGPL-2.1 GPL-2 )"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc ppc64 x86"
 IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="~app-text/mecab-${PV}"