diff --git a/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-0_pre20200606.ebuild b/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-0_pre20200606.ebuild
index 1f1499fb77..3114873196 100644
--- a/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-0_pre20200606.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-0_pre20200606.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 # dead symbolic links QA
 src_prepare() {
+	default
 	find . -xtype l -delete || die
 }
 
diff --git a/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-9999.ebuild b/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-9999.ebuild
index 1f1499fb77..3114873196 100644
--- a/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/candy-icon-theme/candy-icon-theme-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 # dead symbolic links QA
 src_prepare() {
+	default
 	find . -xtype l -delete || die
 }