diff --git a/kde/kate/Portfile b/kde/kate/Portfile
index 2beef7f50136c..ea32c6e79cb6f 100644
--- a/kde/kate/Portfile
+++ b/kde/kate/Portfile
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ depends_lib-append  port:kactivities \
 patchfiles          patch-Zoom.diff \
                     patch-kateviewhelpers.diff
 
-#Blacklist gcc42 and llvm-gcc-42 (does not build with gcc, ticket #37596)
-compiler.blacklist  gcc-4.2 apple-gcc-4.2 llvm-gcc-4.2 macports-llvm-gcc-4.2
+# https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37596
+compiler.blacklist-append \
+                    gcc-3.* *gcc-4.0 *gcc-4.2
 
 livecheck.url       ${kde4.mirror}
 livecheck.regex     (\\d+(\\.\\d+)+)