diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.37.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.37.0.ebuild
index 5ef4c15bfdba1..e3a96e80453de 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.37.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.37.0.ebuild
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	ewarn "This might have resulted in a dangling symlink for /usr/bin/cargo on some"
 	ewarn "systems. This can be resolved by calling 'sudo eselect rust set ${P}'."
 
-	if has_version app-editors/emacs || has_version app-editors/emacs-vcs; then
+	if has_version app-editors/emacs; then
 		elog "install app-emacs/rust-mode to get emacs support for rust."
 	fi
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.38.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.38.0.ebuild
index 306dede9d39fa..2a0aff11ee5b9 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.38.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.38.0.ebuild
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	ewarn "This might have resulted in a dangling symlink for /usr/bin/cargo on some"
 	ewarn "systems. This can be resolved by calling 'sudo eselect rust set ${P}'."
 
-	if has_version app-editors/emacs || has_version app-editors/emacs-vcs; then
+	if has_version app-editors/emacs; then
 		elog "install app-emacs/rust-mode to get emacs support for rust."
 	fi
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.39.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.39.0.ebuild
index 6f66984bd72b3..aba514ead68d2 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.39.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.39.0.ebuild
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	ewarn "This might have resulted in a dangling symlink for /usr/bin/cargo on some"
 	ewarn "systems. This can be resolved by calling 'sudo eselect rust set ${P}'."
 
-	if has_version app-editors/emacs || has_version app-editors/emacs-vcs; then
+	if has_version app-editors/emacs; then
 		elog "install app-emacs/rust-mode to get emacs support for rust."
 	fi
 
diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.40.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.40.0.ebuild
index 9985a7e76ed25..3f8171d3be6cd 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.40.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.40.0.ebuild
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	ewarn "This might have resulted in a dangling symlink for /usr/bin/cargo on some"
 	ewarn "systems. This can be resolved by calling 'sudo eselect rust set ${P}'."
 
-	if has_version app-editors/emacs || has_version app-editors/emacs-vcs; then
+	if has_version app-editors/emacs; then
 		elog "install app-emacs/rust-mode to get emacs support for rust."
 	fi