diff --git a/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-99999999.ebuild b/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-99999999.ebuild
index 1d62eb77f..92592c829 100644
--- a/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-99999999.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ IUSE="doc"
 RDEPEND="
 	doc? ( ~app-exploits/exploitdb-papers-${PV} )
 	dev-libs/libxml2:2
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 	x11-misc/xclip"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/disable-update2.patch )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/bbrecon/bbrecon-20200228.ebuild b/net-analyzer/bbrecon/bbrecon-20200228.ebuild
index 1526252ea..94a0a14d6 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/bbrecon/bbrecon-20200228.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/bbrecon/bbrecon-20200228.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-apps/grep
 	sys-apps/sed
 	sys-libs/ncurses
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 	www-client/chromium
 "
 
diff --git a/net-wireless/airgeddon/airgeddon-11.02.ebuild b/net-wireless/airgeddon/airgeddon-11.02.ebuild
index b14361229..9aac2f4a4 100644
--- a/net-wireless/airgeddon/airgeddon-11.02.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/airgeddon/airgeddon-11.02.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BDEPEND=""
 #no keywords?
 #www-apps/beef
 PDEPEND=">=app-shells/bash-4.2
-		virtual/awk
+		app-alternatives/awk
 		net-wireless/aircrack-ng
 		x11-terms/xterm
 		sys-apps/iproute2