diff --git a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.7.9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.7.9999.ebuild
index be1b2b0..1b269ad 100644
--- a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.7.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.7.9999.ebuild
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://zeroc.com/products/ice"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0/37"
 KEYWORDS=""
-# XXX: readline
 IUSE="debug examples libressl php python ruby test"
 RESTRICT="test"
 REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/expat-2.0.1
-	>=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5
+RDEPEND=">=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5
+	>=dev-libs/expat-2.0.1
+	dev-libs/libedit:=
+	dev-cpp/libmcpp
+	dev-db/lmdb
 	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
-	dev-db/lmdb
-	dev-cpp/libmcpp
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
 	ruby? ( $(ruby_implementation_depend ruby27) )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}