diff --git a/dev-libs/libwacom-surface/libwacom-surface-1.9.ebuild b/dev-libs/libwacom-surface/libwacom-surface-1.9.ebuild
index ef006e8..623cc2c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libwacom-surface/libwacom-surface-1.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libwacom-surface/libwacom-surface-1.9.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )