diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/EvictionError.scala b/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/EvictionError.scala
index 6d0d0c274..27333fb2f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/EvictionError.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/EvictionError.scala
@@ -83,47 +83,52 @@ object EvictionError {
       }
     }: _*)
 
-    def calculateCompatible(p: EvictionPair): (Boolean, String, Boolean, String) = {
-      val winnerOpt = p.winner map { _.module }
-      val extraAttributes = ((p.winner match {
-        case Some(r) => r.extraAttributes.toMap
-        case _       => Map.empty
-      }): collection.immutable.Map[String, String]) ++ (winnerOpt match {
-        case Some(w) => w.extraAttributes.toMap
-        case _       => Map.empty
-      })
-      // prioritize user-defined version scheme to allow overriding the real scheme
-      val schemeOpt = userDefinedSchemes
-        .get((p.organization, p.name))
-        .orElse(userDefinedSchemes.get((p.organization, "*")))
-        .orElse(VersionSchemes.extractFromExtraAttributes(extraAttributes))
-        .orElse(userDefinedSchemes.get(("*", "*")))
-      val f = (winnerOpt, schemeOpt) match {
-        case (Some(_), Some(scheme)) => VersionSchemes.evalFunc(scheme)
-        case _                       => EvictionWarningOptions.guessTrue
-      }
-      val scheme =
-        if (isNameScalaSuffixed(p.name)) assumedVersionScheme
-        else assumedVersionSchemeJava
-      val guess = VersionSchemes.evalFunc(scheme)
-      (p.evicteds forall { r =>
-        f((r.module, winnerOpt, module.scalaModuleInfo))
-      }, schemeOpt.getOrElse("?"), p.evicteds forall { r =>
-        guess((r.module, winnerOpt, module.scalaModuleInfo))
-      }, scheme)
-    }
     pairs foreach {
       // don't report on a transitive eviction that does not have a winner
       // https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/4946
       case p if p.winner.isDefined =>
-        val r = calculateCompatible(p)
-        if (!r._1) {
-          incompatibleEvictions += (p -> r._2)
-        } else if (!r._3) {
-          assumedIncompatEvictions += (p -> r._4)
+        val winner = p.winner.get
+
+        def hasIncompatibleVersionForScheme(scheme: String) = {
+          val isCompat = VersionSchemes.evalFunc(scheme)
+          p.evicteds.exists { r =>
+            !isCompat((r.module, Some(winner.module), module.scalaModuleInfo))
+          }
         }
+
+        // from libraryDependencyScheme or defined in the pom using the `info.versionScheme` attribute
+        val userDefinedSchemeOrFromPom = {
+          def fromLibraryDependencySchemes(org: String = "*", mod: String = "*") =
+            userDefinedSchemes.get((org, mod))
+          def fromWinnerPom = VersionSchemes.extractFromExtraAttributes(
+            winner.extraAttributes.toMap ++ winner.module.extraAttributes
+          )
+
+          fromLibraryDependencySchemes(p.organization, p.name) // by org and name
+            .orElse(fromLibraryDependencySchemes(p.organization)) // for whole org
+            .orElse(fromWinnerPom) // from pom
+            .orElse(fromLibraryDependencySchemes()) // global
+        }
+
+        // We want the user to be able to suppress eviction errors for a specific library,
+        // which would result in an incompatible eviction based on the assumed version scheme.
+        // So, only fall back to the assumed scheme if there is no given scheme by the user or the pom.
+        userDefinedSchemeOrFromPom match {
+          case Some(givenScheme) =>
+            if (hasIncompatibleVersionForScheme(givenScheme))
+              incompatibleEvictions += (p -> givenScheme)
+          case None =>
+            val assumedScheme =
+              if (isNameScalaSuffixed(p.name)) assumedVersionScheme
+              else assumedVersionSchemeJava
+
+            if (hasIncompatibleVersionForScheme(assumedScheme))
+              assumedIncompatEvictions += (p -> assumedScheme)
+        }
+
       case _ => ()
     }
+
     new EvictionError(
       incompatibleEvictions.toList,
       assumedIncompatEvictions.toList,
diff --git a/ivy/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/EvictionErrorSpec.scala b/ivy/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/EvictionErrorSpec.scala
index a6b97c99e..f4b2c53e2 100644
--- a/ivy/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/EvictionErrorSpec.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/EvictionErrorSpec.scala
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ object EvictionErrorSpec extends BaseIvySpecification {
     assert(EvictionError(report, m, overrideRules).incompatibleEvictions.isEmpty)
   }
 
+  test("it should selectively allow opt-out from the error despite assumed scheme") {
+    val deps = Vector(`scala2.12.17`, `akkaActor2.6.0`, `swagger-akka-http1.4.0`)
+    val m = module(defaultModuleId, deps, Some("2.12.17"))
+    val report = ivyUpdate(m)
+    val overrideRules = List("org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-java8-compat" % "always")
+    assert(
+      EvictionError(
+        report = report,
+        module = m,
+        schemes = overrideRules,
+        assumedVersionScheme = "early-semver",
+        assumedVersionSchemeJava = "always",
+        assumedEvictionErrorLevel = Level.Error,
+      ).assumedIncompatibleEvictions.isEmpty
+    )
+  }
+
   // older Akka was on pvp
   def oldAkkaPvp = List("com.typesafe.akka" % "*" % "pvp")
 
@@ -104,8 +121,12 @@ object EvictionErrorSpec extends BaseIvySpecification {
     ModuleID("com.typesafe.akka", "akka-actor", "2.1.4").withConfigurations(Some("compile")) cross CrossVersion.binary
   lazy val `akkaActor2.3.0` =
     ModuleID("com.typesafe.akka", "akka-actor", "2.3.0").withConfigurations(Some("compile")) cross CrossVersion.binary
+  lazy val `akkaActor2.6.0` =
+    ModuleID("com.typesafe.akka", "akka-actor", "2.6.0").withConfigurations(Some("compile")) cross CrossVersion.binary
   lazy val `scala2.10.4` =
     ModuleID("org.scala-lang", "scala-library", "2.10.4").withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
+  lazy val `scala2.12.17` =
+    ModuleID("org.scala-lang", "scala-library", "2.12.17").withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
   lazy val `scala2.13.3` =
     ModuleID("org.scala-lang", "scala-library", "2.13.3").withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
   lazy val `bananaSesame0.4` =
@@ -122,6 +143,9 @@ object EvictionErrorSpec extends BaseIvySpecification {
     ("org.typelevel" %% "cats-parse" % "0.1.0").withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
   lazy val `cats-parse0.2.0` =
     ("org.typelevel" %% "cats-parse" % "0.2.0").withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
+  lazy val `swagger-akka-http1.4.0` =
+    ("com.github.swagger-akka-http" %% "swagger-akka-http" % "1.4.0")
+      .withConfigurations(Some("compile"))
 
   def dummyScalaModuleInfo(v: String): ScalaModuleInfo =
     ScalaModuleInfo(