diff --git a/sys-devel/cons/Manifest b/dev-build/cons/Manifest
similarity index 100%
rename from sys-devel/cons/Manifest
rename to dev-build/cons/Manifest
diff --git a/sys-devel/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-build/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from sys-devel/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-build/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild
index 8d49a63d1d80f..cbaeccacc605e 100644
--- a/sys-devel/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/cons/cons-2.3.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
diff --git a/sys-devel/cons/metadata.xml b/dev-build/cons/metadata.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from sys-devel/cons/metadata.xml
rename to dev-build/cons/metadata.xml
diff --git a/profiles/updates/1Q-2024 b/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
index bffcf5acf279a..738b271a8e880 100644
--- a/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
+++ b/profiles/updates/1Q-2024
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ move dev-util/gn dev-build/gn
 move dev-util/gyp dev-build/gyp
 move dev-util/netsurf-buildsystem dev-build/netsurf-buildsystem
 move dev-util/tup dev-build/tup
+move sys-devel/cons dev-build/cons
diff --git a/sci-biology/emboss/emboss-6.6.0-r2.ebuild b/sci-biology/emboss/emboss-6.6.0-r2.ebuild
index 01af5e2fa9777..79d3034a0985c 100644
--- a/sci-biology/emboss/emboss-6.6.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-biology/emboss/emboss-6.6.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="minimal"
 
 RDEPEND="
+	!dev-build/cons
 	!games-action/xbomber
-	!sys-devel/cons"
+"
 PDEPEND="
 	!minimal? (
 		sci-biology/aaindex