diff --git a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-2.0.3.ebuild b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-2.0.3.ebuild
index 0ef0626..d1577ff 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-2.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-2.0.3.ebuild
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=net-im/swift-3.0
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/log4cxx
-	dev-libs/openssl
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
 	dev-libs/popt
-	dev-libs/protobuf
+	dev-libs/protobuf:=
 	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
 	postgres? ( dev-libs/libpqxx )
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
diff --git a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
index 0ef0626..d1577ff 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=net-im/swift-3.0
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/log4cxx
-	dev-libs/openssl
+	dev-libs/openssl:0=
 	dev-libs/popt
-	dev-libs/protobuf
+	dev-libs/protobuf:=
 	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
 	postgres? ( dev-libs/libpqxx )
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )