diff --git a/kde-misc/tellico/tellico-9999.ebuild b/kde-misc/tellico/tellico-9999.ebuild
index b2c38e9e715..806496f2c75 100644
--- a/kde-misc/tellico/tellico-9999.ebuild
+++ b/kde-misc/tellico/tellico-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-ECM_HANDBOOK="forceoptional"
+ECM_HANDBOOK="optional"
 ECM_TEST="forceoptional"
 KFMIN=6.5.0
 QTMIN=6.7.2