diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 68227f2364ef5..6749a42abcaac 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	>=dev-libs/lzo-2.04
 	dev-libs/tinyxml[stl]
-	>=dev-libs/yajl-2
 	dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libcdio
 	dev-libs/libfmt
+	=dev-libs/rapidjson-1.0*
 	gles? ( media-libs/mesa[gles2] )
 	libusb? ( virtual/libusb:1 )
 	media-fonts/corefonts