diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-5.2.0-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
index 1fbcecb462..9e806cfecb 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ SOFTMMU_TOOLS_DEPEND="
 	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 	lzo? ( dev-libs/lzo:2[static-libs(+)] )
 	multipath? ( sys-fs/multipath-tools )
-	ncurses? (
-		sys-libs/ncurses:0=[unicode]
-		sys-libs/ncurses:0=[static-libs(+)]
-	)
+	ncurses? ( sys-libs/ncurses:=[unicode(+),static-libs(+)] )
 	nfs? ( >=net-fs/libnfs-1.9.3:=[static-libs(+)] )
 	numa? ( sys-process/numactl[static-libs(+)] )
 	opengl? (