diff --git a/app-emacs/xslide/xslide-0.2.2-r1.ebuild b/app-emacs/xslide/xslide-0.2.2-r1.ebuild
index 66bd22064d920..52b41b9c11aad 100644
--- a/app-emacs/xslide/xslide-0.2.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emacs/xslide/xslide-0.2.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/xslide/${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ppc x86"
+KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ppc x86"
 
 SITEFILE="50${PN}-gentoo.el"
 DOCS="ChangeLog NEWS README.TXT TODO"