diff --git a/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.7.0.ebuild b/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.7.0.ebuild
index e4c60d4450..ddc5c2180b 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
-DOCS=(
-	"README.md"
-	"SECURITY.md"
-)
-
 src_compile() {
 	ego build -o "${PN}" -ldflags="-X main.version=${PV}" ./cmd/modern
 }
@@ -39,5 +34,9 @@ src_install() {
 	dofishcomp "completions/${PN}.fish"
 	dozshcomp "completions/_${PN}"
 
+	local DOCS=(
+		"README.md"
+		"SECURITY.md"
+	)
 	einstalldocs
 }
diff --git a/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.8.0.ebuild b/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.8.0.ebuild
index d6c9071a8e..af122c8444 100644
--- a/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/sqlcmd/sqlcmd-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2023-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ src_install() {
 	dofishcomp "completions/${PN}.fish"
 	dozshcomp "completions/_${PN}"
 
-DOCS=(
-	"README.md"
-	"SECURITY.md"
-)
+	local DOCS=(
+		"README.md"
+		"SECURITY.md"
+	)
+
 	einstalldocs
 }