diff --git a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
index bbb7195..2df6f8f 100644
--- a/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/spectrum/spectrum-9999.ebuild
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ IUSE_PLUGINS="frotz irc jabber purple sms twitter"
 IUSE="debug doc libev mysql postgres sqlite test ${IUSE_PLUGINS}"
 
 RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	=net-im/swift-9999[ssl]
 	dev-libs/boost:=
 	dev-libs/log4cxx
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	dev-libs/popt
 	dev-libs/protobuf
+	jabber? ( =net-im/swift-9999[ssl] )
 	mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
 	postgres? ( dev-libs/libpqxx )
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )