--- /mnt/builder/portage/app-pda/gtkpod/gtkpod-2.1.3-r1.ebuild	2013-01-11 17:34:09.000000000 +0000
+++ gtkpod-2.1.3-r1.ebuild	2013-01-23 17:36:47.506370789 +0000
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@
 
 	sed -i -e 's:python:python2:' scripts/sync-palm-jppy.py || die
 
-	epatch \
-		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gdl-3.6.patch \
-		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gold.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gold.patch ;
+	if has_version >=dev-libs/gdl-3.6 ; then
+	  epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-gdl-3.6.patch
+	fi
 	eautoreconf
 }