diff --git a/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-1.2.2.ebuild b/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-1.2.2.ebuild
index 72caa501ad..7df8c67660 100644
--- a/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="debug unicode"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/ncurses:0=[unicode(-)?]
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
 "
 
diff --git a/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-9999.ebuild b/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-9999.ebuild
index 72caa501ad..7df8c67660 100644
--- a/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/nvtop/nvtop-9999.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="debug unicode"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sys-libs/ncurses:0=[unicode(-)?]
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
 "