diff --git a/app-editors/joe/joe-4.4.recipe b/app-editors/joe/joe-4.4.recipe
index 4b998abdc..056f43355 100644
--- a/app-editors/joe/joe-4.4.recipe
+++ b/app-editors/joe/joe-4.4.recipe
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ LICENSE="GNU GPL v1"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/joe-editor/JOE%20sources/joe-4.4/joe-4.4.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="a5704828bbca29acb9e200414fef522c66cdf9ce28150f402d6767da43460979"
-
 PATCHES="0001-Fix-gcc2-build.patch"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 ?x86_64"
 
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/joe directory keep-old
+	"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	joe = $portVersion
 	cmd:joe = $portVersion
@@ -38,10 +41,6 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
-GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
-	settings/joe directory keep-old
-	"
-
 BUILD()
 {
 	runConfigure ./configure
diff --git a/app-editors/joe/joe-4.5.recipe b/app-editors/joe/joe-4.5.recipe
index 779aade7d..7d1a9e160 100644
--- a/app-editors/joe/joe-4.5.recipe
+++ b/app-editors/joe/joe-4.5.recipe
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ CHECKSUM_SHA256="51104aa34d8650be3fa49f2204672a517688c9e6ec47e68f1ea85de88e36cad
 
 ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
 
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/joe directory keep-old
+	"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	joe = $portVersion
 	cmd:joe = $portVersion
@@ -36,10 +40,6 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
-GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
-	settings/joe directory keep-old
-	"
-
 BUILD()
 {
 	runConfigure ./configure