diff --git a/sys-kernel/rte_kni-kmod/rte_kni-kmod-21.11.ebuild b/sys-kernel/rte_kni-kmod/rte_kni-kmod-21.11.ebuild
index 7f31811a4c..7bef3eaa9d 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/rte_kni-kmod/rte_kni-kmod-21.11.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/rte_kni-kmod/rte_kni-kmod-21.11.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	sys-cluster/rdma-core
 	sys-process/numactl
 "
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "