diff --git a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-25.3.recipe b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-25.3.recipe
index 043ff7488..d0f91cdce 100644
--- a/app-editors/emacs/emacs-25.3.recipe
+++ b/app-editors/emacs/emacs-25.3.recipe
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ ADDITIONAL_FILES="emacs.rdef.in"
 ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
 
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	var/games/emacs/snake-scores keep-old
+	var/games/emacs/tetris-scores keep-old
+	"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	emacs$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	cmd:ctags.emacs = $portVersion
@@ -68,11 +73,6 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:makeinfo
 	"
 
-GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
-	var/games/emacs/snake-scores keep-old
-	var/games/emacs/tetris-scores keep-old
-	"
-
 PATCH()
 {
 	# Hard link not supported on BFS.