diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-python b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-python
index 2d2db22ad..34b61f084 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-python
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-python
@@ -374,13 +374,10 @@ dev-python/inquirer3
 ~dev-python/coloredlogs-15.0.1
 
 # must be in sync with stable dev-libs/protobuf
-=dev-python/protobuf-python-4.21*
+#=dev-python/protobuf-python-4.21*
 
 #cython 3.0.x support
 ~dev-python/uvloop-0.19.0-r1
 
 #python 3.12
 =dev-python/google-auth-2.27*
-~dev-python/protobuf-python-4.23.3
-~dev-libs/protobuf-23.3
-~dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230802.0