diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion-java/subversion-java-1.8.11.ebuild b/dev-vcs/subversion-java/subversion-java-1.8.11.ebuild
index 1b8b1b304..811f2a707 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion-java/subversion-java-1.8.11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion-java/subversion-java-1.8.11.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	local SAB_PATCHES_SKIP=( subversion-1.8.9-po_fixes.patch )
 	sab-patches_apply_all
 	epatch_user
 
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.8.11.ebuild b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.8.11.ebuild
index 45cfaf9a4..d1229b8e3 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.8.11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.8.11.ebuild
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	local SAB_PATCHES_SKIP=( subversion-1.8.9-po_fixes.patch )
 	sab-patches_apply_all
 	epatch_user
 
diff --git a/www-apache/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn-1.8.11.ebuild b/www-apache/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn-1.8.11.ebuild
index f52b85644..571082c0a 100644
--- a/www-apache/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn-1.8.11.ebuild
+++ b/www-apache/mod_dav_svn/mod_dav_svn-1.8.11.ebuild
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	local SAB_PATCHES_SKIP=( subversion-1.8.9-po_fixes.patch )
 	sab-patches_apply_all
 	epatch_user