diff --git a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.11-r1.ebuild b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.11-r1.ebuild
index 4cd7963d0e..7243cfe401 100644
--- a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.11-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.11-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-docs-from-make.patch" )
 DEPEND="
 	sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	sys-boot/grub
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 	>=app-shells/bash-4
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.12.ebuild b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.12.ebuild
index fbdf2148fe..e514663405 100644
--- a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.12.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-4.12.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-9999-remove-docs-from-make.patch" )
 DEPEND="
 	sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	sys-boot/grub
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 	>=app-shells/bash-4
 	sys-fs/inotify-tools
 "
diff --git a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-9999.ebuild b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-9999.ebuild
index fbdf2148fe..e514663405 100644
--- a/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-backup/grub-btrfs/grub-btrfs-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-9999-remove-docs-from-make.patch" )
 DEPEND="
 	sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	sys-boot/grub
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 	>=app-shells/bash-4
 	sys-fs/inotify-tools
 "
diff --git a/mpv-plugin/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.8.1.ebuild b/mpv-plugin/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.8.1.ebuild
index aeb13cc3da..fb8fd31a54 100644
--- a/mpv-plugin/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/mpv-plugin/mpv-mpris/mpv-mpris-0.8.1.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
 		media-sound/playerctl
 		net-misc/socat
 		sys-apps/dbus
-		virtual/awk
+		app-alternatives/awk
 		x11-apps/xauth
 		x11-misc/xvfb-run
 		x11-themes/sound-theme-freedesktop
diff --git a/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.1.ebuild
index c4437c3e14..89bdb423d6 100644
--- a/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 RDEPEND="
 	>=app-shells/bash-4.3
 	>=app-shells/fzf-0.27.1
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 "
 #	removed to make GURU CI happy
 #	sys-apps/systemd
diff --git a/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.3.ebuild b/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.3.ebuild
index c4437c3e14..89bdb423d6 100644
--- a/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/sysz/sysz-1.4.3.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 RDEPEND="
 	>=app-shells/bash-4.3
 	>=app-shells/fzf-0.27.1
-	virtual/awk
+	app-alternatives/awk
 "
 #	removed to make GURU CI happy
 #	sys-apps/systemd
diff --git a/sys-cluster/mcxx/mcxx-2021.06.ebuild b/sys-cluster/mcxx/mcxx-2021.06.ebuild
index c3d2ae1c21..4d806fb046 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/mcxx/mcxx-2021.06.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/mcxx/mcxx-2021.06.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 	test? (
 		sys-devel/bc
-		virtual/awk
+		app-alternatives/awk
 	)
 "