diff --git a/dev-lang/execline/execline-2.8.3.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/execline/execline-2.8.3.0.ebuild
index 2db001f8d0f16..62307e3929044 100644
--- a/dev-lang/execline/execline-2.8.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/execline/execline-2.8.3.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE="static static-libs"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( static-libs )"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs?]"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs(-)?]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 HTML_DOCS=( doc/. )
diff --git a/dev-libs/skalibs/skalibs-2.12.0.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/skalibs/skalibs-2.12.0.1.ebuild
index 0eb6a5c6b8ab6..748bda1854a28 100644
--- a/dev-libs/skalibs/skalibs-2.12.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/skalibs/skalibs-2.12.0.1.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.skarnet.org/software/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0/$(ver_cut 1-2)"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
-IUSE="doc ipv6 static-libs"
+IUSE="doc ipv6"
 
 HTML_DOCS=( doc/. )
 
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		--sysdepdir=/usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}
 		--enable-clock
 		--enable-shared
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
 		$(use_enable ipv6)
 	)
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.7.3.ebuild b/sys-apps/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.7.3.ebuild
index d986c9bb879f4..415a46d9f524f 100644
--- a/sys-apps/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.7.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init-1.0.7.3.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="static static-libs +sysv-utils"
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( static-libs )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-lang/execline-2.8.3.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
-	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs?]
+	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
 	>=sys-apps/s6-2.11.1.0:=[execline,static-libs(-)?]
 	sysv-utils? (
 		!sys-apps/systemd[sysv-utils]
diff --git a/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.0.ebuild
index 38c45fbb29434..4c6c8d4c1bcae 100644
--- a/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="static static-libs"
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( static-libs )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-lang/execline-2.8.2.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
-	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.1.0:=[static-libs?]
+	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.1.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
 	>=sys-apps/s6-2.11.0.1:=[execline,static-libs(-)?]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.1.ebuild
index 38c45fbb29434..4c6c8d4c1bcae 100644
--- a/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/s6-rc/s6-rc-0.5.3.1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="static static-libs"
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( static-libs )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-lang/execline-2.8.2.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
-	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.1.0:=[static-libs?]
+	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.1.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
 	>=sys-apps/s6-2.11.0.1:=[execline,static-libs(-)?]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/sys-apps/s6/s6-2.11.1.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/s6/s6-2.11.1.0.ebuild
index 2317b5e4151e6..65697c3d13b77 100644
--- a/sys-apps/s6/s6-2.11.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/s6/s6-2.11.1.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="+execline static static-libs"
 REQUIRED_USE="static? ( static-libs )"
 
 RDEPEND="execline? ( >=dev-lang/execline-2.8.3.0:=[static-libs(-)?] )
-	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs?]
+	>=dev-libs/skalibs-2.11.2.0:=[static-libs(-)?]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"