diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords b/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
index a220991b..ec1e274a 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.accept_keywords
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ www-servers/thin ~amd64
 <x11-base/xorg-server-1.17 ~amd64
 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64
 =x11-drivers/snail-9999 **
-x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev ~amd64
+<x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10 ~amd64
 ~x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.8.1 ~amd64
 x11-drivers/xf86-input-wacom ~amd64
 x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel ~amd64
diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index a537833d..136ed91f 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 
 # Temporary masking higher slots for successful upgrading
 >=app-text/poppler-0.33
+dev-libs/icu:0/56