diff --git a/app-text/pdfmarks/pdfmarks-9999.ebuild b/app-text/pdfmarks/pdfmarks-9999.ebuild
index f075d99ded3909a958beb544574d6eabbb2a37b7..0d17dd14478c2759f9b74dda664ae0b8701eb99f 100644
--- a/app-text/pdfmarks/pdfmarks-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/pdfmarks/pdfmarks-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.32}
-VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.34}
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.40}
+VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.42}
 
 inherit git-r3 meson vala
 
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	$(vala_depend)
-	sys-devel/m4
 "
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/media-gfx/gqpe/gqpe-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/gqpe/gqpe-9999.ebuild
index 7fce214bdf3bb36e5834a98d84760b1206cf646f..2d6cfc4ced7210f6e1c28b73fecaa0d7934b3fd1 100644
--- a/media-gfx/gqpe/gqpe-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/gqpe/gqpe-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.32}
-VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.34}
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.40}
+VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.42}
 
 inherit git-r3 gnome2-utils meson vala
 
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	$(vala_depend)
-	sys-devel/m4
 "
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/media-sound/mlm/mlm-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/mlm/mlm-9999.ebuild
index 5aa2d4a085c1f1ead44389c4f31971e227dd2131..913db82aa600bf37a08b86b6f6574c2cc3d48f18 100644
--- a/media-sound/mlm/mlm-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/mlm/mlm-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.32}
-VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.34}
+VALA_MIN_API_VERSION=${VALA_MIN_API_VERSION:-0.40}
+VALA_MAX_API_VERSION=${VALA_MAX_API_VERSION:-0.42}
 
 inherit git-r3 gnome2-utils meson vala
 
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	$(vala_depend)
-	sys-devel/m4
 "
 
 src_prepare() {