diff --git a/dev-R/utf8/Manifest b/dev-R/utf8/Manifest
index 16dcc23197..bcc9cee4b7 100644
--- a/dev-R/utf8/Manifest
+++ b/dev-R/utf8/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST utf8_1.2.1.tar.gz 239463 BLAKE2B 81f12769f360731a58c1d132e0edb0d33378b400e644514e49807c20584c16e177babed3d46552f833d2650a35064f7240777749a6059dc671b29afb906625d6 SHA512 c91b1000366c44cea0956100cb0c5681466b9f4fd4511c8b4ebf6fb5d14bd71a49b1e4cb082a776af49de05e51c3deb0ba688a9bd740e5e722d41dd9b1eab282
+DIST utf8_1.2.2.tar.gz 240327 BLAKE2B bf0ef6c3fc07d5def391d251dce3a970a2e8092732e7ce6c7d374fcd1adcde662d7bcb26fe4ba052480bc769376008dde0f8426931c0bcfc8f4e8daa15223add SHA512 1928597fecd0c4da0498431df479406e427adbec88ecff95b51ed66913526fc29aabf5485c07c92b30b71e8addbde05070b29204a74d298a42ce8f1f326d10a3
diff --git a/dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.2.ebuild
similarity index 78%
rename from dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.1.ebuild
rename to dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.2.ebuild
index c7b2078e37..2ce61cc5cf 100644
--- a/dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/utf8/utf8-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI="7"
 
-inherit R-packages
+inherit R-packages toolchain-funcs
 
 HOMEPAGE="
 	https://github.com/patperry/r-utf8
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ LICENSE='Apache-2.0'
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 DEPEND=">=dev-lang/R-2.1.0"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	tc-export AR
+	R-packages_src_prepare
+}