diff --git a/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.91.0.ebuild b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.91.0.ebuild
index 58c7ba52402..4bb7150c270 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.91.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-5.91.0.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ IUSE="+firmware flatpak telemetry webengine" # snap: bug #919416
 
 # libmarkdown (app-text/discount) only used in PackageKitBackend
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/appstream-1.0.0:=
+	>=dev-libs/appstream-1.0.0:=[qt6]
 	dev-libs/kirigami-addons:6
 	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[concurrent,dbus,gui,network,widgets]
 	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6
diff --git a/kde-plasma/discover/discover-9999.ebuild b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-9999.ebuild
index 944b0658264..4e1666d55c0 100644
--- a/kde-plasma/discover/discover-9999.ebuild
+++ b/kde-plasma/discover/discover-9999.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ IUSE="+firmware flatpak telemetry webengine" # snap: bug #919416
 
 # libmarkdown (app-text/discount) only used in PackageKitBackend
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/appstream-1.0.0:=
+	>=dev-libs/appstream-1.0.0:=[qt6]
 	dev-libs/kirigami-addons:6
 	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[concurrent,dbus,gui,network,widgets]
 	>=dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${QTMIN}:6