diff --git a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild
index 74b31ad492..2863b64cf3 100644
--- a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.36.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ MYPV="$(ver_rs 2 -)"
 inherit R-packages
 
 DESCRIPTION='Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with automatic smoothness estimation'
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 SRC_URI="mirror://cran/src/contrib/${PN}_${MYPV}.tar.gz"
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 LICENSE='GPL-2+'
 
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-lang/R-3.6.0[minimal]
+	>=dev-lang/R-3.6.0
+	!dev-lang/R[-minimal]
 	virtual/nlme
 	virtual/Matrix
 "