diff --git a/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-0.16.ebuild b/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-0.16.ebuild
index b015d2b5bd..ca1a5af908 100644
--- a/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-0.16.ebuild
+++ b/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-0.16.ebuild
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0 LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="emacs leveldb lmdb mysql +sqlite +xml yaml +zlib"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
-"
 DEPEND="
 	dev-scheme/gambit
+	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
 	leveldb? ( dev-libs/leveldb )
 	lmdb? ( dev-db/lmdb )
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mariadb:* )
diff --git a/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-9999.ebuild b/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-9999.ebuild
index 0f0bbda046..dd4d7737d7 100644
--- a/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-scheme/gerbil/gerbil-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0 LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="emacs leveldb lmdb mysql +sqlite +xml yaml +zlib"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
-"
 DEPEND="
 	dev-scheme/gambit
+	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
 	leveldb? ( dev-libs/leveldb )
 	lmdb? ( dev-db/lmdb )
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mariadb:* )