diff --git a/sys-libs/libixp/libixp-0.5.ebuild b/sys-libs/libixp/libixp-0.5.ebuild
--- a/sys-libs/libixp/libixp-0.5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/libixp/libixp-0.5.ebuild
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-libs/libixp/libixp-0.5.ebuild,v 1.1 2009/07/11 11:12:37 omp Exp $
 
-EAPI="2"
+EAPI=2
 
-inherit base multilib
+inherit multilib
 
 DESCRIPTION="Standalone client/server 9P library"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libs.suckless.org/libixp"
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	emake -j1 || die "emake failed"
+	emake -j1 || die
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "emake install failed"
+	emake -j1 DESTDIR="${D}" install
 }