diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-3.31.9-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-3.31.9-r1.ebuild
index 57c4c60d69..44bd5fb5c1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-3.31.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-3.31.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CMAKE_DOCS_VERSION=$(ver_cut 1-2).0
 # See bug #784815
 CMAKE_DOCS_USEFLAG="+doc"
 
+CMAKE_QA_COMPAT_SKIP=1 # bug #964514; cmake itself is the last pkg we worry about
+
 # TODO RunCMake.LinkWhatYouUse fails consistently w/ ninja
 # ... but seems fine as of 3.22.3?
 # TODO ... but bootstrap sometimes(?) fails with ninja now. bug #834759.
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-4.1.2-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-4.1.2-r1.ebuild
index c2af90e358..2d3e74cd12 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-4.1.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-4.1.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ CMAKE_DOCS_VERSION=4.0.0_rc1
 # See bug #784815
 CMAKE_DOCS_USEFLAG="+doc"
 
+CMAKE_QA_COMPAT_SKIP=1 # bug #964514; cmake itself is the last pkg we worry about
+
 # TODO RunCMake.LinkWhatYouUse fails consistently w/ ninja
 # ... but seems fine as of 3.22.3?
 # TODO ... but bootstrap sometimes(?) fails with ninja now. bug #834759.
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ else
 	)"
 
 	if [[ ${PV} != *_rc* ]] ; then
-		KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+		KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
 	fi
 
 	BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-bradking-20250904 )"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-9999.ebuild
index c2af90e358..9fa065278f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/cmake/cmake-9999.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ CMAKE_DOCS_VERSION=4.0.0_rc1
 # See bug #784815
 CMAKE_DOCS_USEFLAG="+doc"
 
+CMAKE_QA_COMPAT_SKIP=1 # bug #964514; cmake itself is the last pkg we worry about
+
 # TODO RunCMake.LinkWhatYouUse fails consistently w/ ninja
 # ... but seems fine as of 3.22.3?
 # TODO ... but bootstrap sometimes(?) fails with ninja now. bug #834759.