diff --git a/dev-R/MASS/MASS-7.3.56.ebuild b/dev-R/MASS/MASS-7.3.56.ebuild
index 08e7476f80..d9aad6739e 100644
--- a/dev-R/MASS/MASS-7.3.56.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/MASS/MASS-7.3.56.ebuild
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
-	dev-R/lattice
-	dev-R/nlme
-	dev-R/nnet
-	dev-R/survival
+	virtual/lattice
+	virtual/nlme
+	virtual/nnet
+	virtual/survival
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/Matrix/Matrix-1.4.1.ebuild b/dev-R/Matrix/Matrix-1.4.1.ebuild
index ee3df3ef20..1d537e9a55 100644
--- a/dev-R/Matrix/Matrix-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/Matrix/Matrix-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/expm
-	dev-R/MASS
+	virtual/MASS
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.8.1.0.ebuild b/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.8.1.0.ebuild
index cf3082d453..317fcc6438 100644
--- a/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.8.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/RcppArmadillo/RcppArmadillo-0.10.8.1.0.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/tinytest
-	>=dev-R/Matrix-1.3.0
+	virtual/Matrix
 	dev-R/pkgKitten
 	dev-R/reticulate
 	dev-R/slam
diff --git a/dev-R/colorspace/colorspace-2.0.3.ebuild b/dev-R/colorspace/colorspace-2.0.3.ebuild
index 534ccd4883..069d8adf97 100644
--- a/dev-R/colorspace/colorspace-2.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/colorspace/colorspace-2.0.3.ebuild
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ DEPEND=">=dev-lang/R-3.0.0"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
-	dev-R/KernSmooth
-	dev-R/MASS
+	virtual/KernSmooth
+	virtual/MASS
 	dev-R/kernlab
 	dev-R/mvtnorm
 	dev-R/vcd
diff --git a/dev-R/evaluate/evaluate-0.15.ebuild b/dev-R/evaluate/evaluate-0.15.ebuild
index 2dcc08a7b9..f014db023f 100644
--- a/dev-R/evaluate/evaluate-0.15.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/evaluate/evaluate-0.15.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/covr
 	dev-R/ggplot2
-	dev-R/lattice
+	virtual/lattice
 	dev-R/testthat
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/ggplot2/ggplot2-3.3.5.ebuild b/dev-R/ggplot2/ggplot2-3.3.5.ebuild
index e4898b5c83..1e9fbec726 100644
--- a/dev-R/ggplot2/ggplot2-3.3.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/ggplot2/ggplot2-3.3.5.ebuild
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/Hmisc
 	dev-R/interp
 	dev-R/knitr
-	dev-R/lattice
+	virtual/lattice
 	dev-R/mapproj
 	dev-R/maps
 	dev-R/maptools
 	dev-R/multcomp
 	dev-R/munsell
-	dev-R/nlme
+	virtual/nlme
 	dev-R/profvis
 	dev-R/quantreg
 	dev-R/RColorBrewer
 	dev-R/rgeos
 	dev-R/rmarkdown
-	dev-R/rpart
+	virtual/rpart
 	>=dev-R/sf-0.7.3
 	>=dev-R/svglite-1.2.0.9001
 	>=dev-R/testthat-2.1.0
diff --git a/dev-R/knitr/knitr-1.38.ebuild b/dev-R/knitr/knitr-1.38.ebuild
index 0c968a644c..ea1f3026a2 100644
--- a/dev-R/knitr/knitr-1.38.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/knitr/knitr-1.38.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/testit
 	dev-R/digest
 	>=dev-R/rgl-0.95.1201
-	dev-R/codetools
+	virtual/codetools
 	dev-R/rmarkdown
 	>=dev-R/htmlwidgets-0.7
 	dev-R/webshot
diff --git a/dev-R/lattice/lattice-0.20.45.ebuild b/dev-R/lattice/lattice-0.20.45.ebuild
index 3cb3086259..ec2427fe3b 100644
--- a/dev-R/lattice/lattice-0.20.45.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/lattice/lattice-0.20.45.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
-	dev-R/KernSmooth
-	dev-R/MASS
+	virtual/KernSmooth
+	virtual/MASS
 	dev-R/latticeExtra
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.40.ebuild b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.40.ebuild
index 39863e54d3..3fda34cda7 100644
--- a/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.40.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/mgcv/mgcv-1.8.40.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
-	dev-R/survival
-	dev-R/MASS
+	virtual/survival
+	virtual/MASS
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/nlme/nlme-3.1.157.ebuild b/dev-R/nlme/nlme-3.1.157.ebuild
index a90b6ded69..61c88f5c81 100644
--- a/dev-R/nlme/nlme-3.1.157.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/nlme/nlme-3.1.157.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/Hmisc
-	dev-R/MASS
+	virtual/MASS
 	dev-R/SASmixed
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/nnet/nnet-7.3.17.ebuild b/dev-R/nnet/nnet-7.3.17.ebuild
index 6f28357012..236b31c78a 100644
--- a/dev-R/nnet/nnet-7.3.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/nnet/nnet-7.3.17.ebuild
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
-	dev_R/MASS
+	virtual/MASS
 "
diff --git a/dev-R/pillar/pillar-1.7.0.ebuild b/dev-R/pillar/pillar-1.7.0.ebuild
index d8e84a9321..558644791b 100644
--- a/dev-R/pillar/pillar-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/pillar/pillar-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/rmarkdown
 	dev-R/scales
 	dev-R/stringi
-	dev-R/survival
+	virtual/survival
 	>=dev-R/testthat-3.1.1
 	dev-R/tibble
 	>=dev-R/units-0.7.2
diff --git a/dev-R/withr/withr-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-R/withr/withr-2.5.0.ebuild
index 7f1b045123..b782c4b5dc 100644
--- a/dev-R/withr/withr-2.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/withr/withr-2.5.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/covr
 	dev-R/DBI
 	dev-R/knitr
-	dev-R/lattice
+	virtual/lattice
 	dev-R/rlang
 	>=dev-R/rmarkdown-2,12
 	dev-R/RSQLite
diff --git a/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.30.ebuild b/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.30.ebuild
index ed3dfec17a..1d5422393b 100644
--- a/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.30.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/xfun/xfun-0.30.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE='MIT'
 SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 	dev-R/testit
 	dev-R/parallel
-	dev-R/codetools
+	virtual/codetools
 	dev-R/rstudioapi
 	>=dev-R/tinytex-0.30
 	dev-R/mime