diff --git a/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-1.9.4.ebuild b/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-1.9.4.ebuild
index 4a54c296d6..1132157d38 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-1.9.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-1.9.4.ebuild
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader )
 	vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader )
 "
-BDEPEND="media-libs/shaderc"
+BDEPEND="vulkan? ( media-libs/shaderc )"
 
 pkg_pretend() {
 	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp
diff --git a/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-9999.ebuild b/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-9999.ebuild
index 4a54c296d6..1132157d38 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-accessibility/whisper-cpp/whisper-cpp-9999.ebuild
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	opencl? ( dev-libs/opencl-icd-loader )
 	vulkan? ( media-libs/vulkan-loader )
 "
-BDEPEND="media-libs/shaderc"
+BDEPEND="vulkan? ( media-libs/shaderc )"
 
 pkg_pretend() {
 	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]] && use openmp && tc-check-openmp