diff --git a/app-arch/zarchive/zarchive-0.1.2.ebuild b/app-arch/zarchive/zarchive-0.1.2.ebuild
index 533dc13a74..c5c2edbe6f 100644
--- a/app-arch/zarchive/zarchive-0.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/zarchive/zarchive-0.1.2.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="app-arch/zstd"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="dev-util/cmake"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/ZArchive-${PV}"
diff --git a/dev-cpp/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk-2.10.19-r3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk-2.10.19-r3.ebuild
index 2cd6daaf92..539da2c504 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk-2.10.19-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/cpprestsdk/cpprestsdk-2.10.19-r3.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 BDEPEND="
 		app-alternatives/ninja
-		>=dev-util/cmake-3.23
 		>=sys-devel/gcc-11.3.0
 		>=virtual/pkgconfig-2-r1
 		>=dev-cpp/websocketpp-0.8.2
diff --git a/dev-libs/KVTree/KVTree-1.2.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/KVTree/KVTree-1.2.0.ebuild
index 9d7bfd9cb0..4721bee362 100644
--- a/dev-libs/KVTree/KVTree-1.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/KVTree/KVTree-1.2.0.ebuild
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-	app-admin/chrpath
-"
+BDEPEND="app-admin/chrpath"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-no-install-readme.patch"
diff --git a/dev-libs/shuffile/shuffile-0.1.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/shuffile/shuffile-0.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 17a5d36b9d..070ead4953 100644
--- a/dev-libs/shuffile/shuffile-0.1.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/shuffile/shuffile-0.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/mpi
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-static.patch" )
 # tests require access to /dev/shm, thus root permission is needed
diff --git a/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2207-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2207-r1.ebuild
index 797326af84..44a111c21a 100644
--- a/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2207-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2207-r1.ebuild
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib:0=
 	>=dev-libs/libffi-3.4.2-r1:0=
 "
-BDEPEND="dev-util/cmake
-	sys-devel/gnuconfig
-"
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/gnuconfig"
 
 CHECKREQS_MEMORY="4G"
 CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="4G"
diff --git a/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2212.ebuild b/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2212.ebuild
index 1fd278a0ea..ca618c1d4d 100644
--- a/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2212.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/DirectXShaderCompiler/DirectXShaderCompiler-1.7.2212.ebuild
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib:0=
 	>=dev-libs/libffi-3.4.2-r1:0=
 "
-BDEPEND="dev-util/cmake
-	sys-devel/gnuconfig
-"
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/gnuconfig"
 
 CHECKREQS_MEMORY="4G"
 CHECKREQS_DISK_BUILD="4G"
diff --git a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-17.4.2.ebuild b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-17.4.2.ebuild
index 8db4218456..1a01f07c87 100644
--- a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-17.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-17.4.2.ebuild
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/python-3.9
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/glslang
 	dev-util/spirv-tools
 "
diff --git a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
index e7aa96b5e4..b47fb19fe2 100644
--- a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/python-3.9
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/glslang
 	dev-util/spirv-tools
 "
diff --git a/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.0.0.ebuild b/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.0.0.ebuild
index 8c63d4680d..582e2abab5 100644
--- a/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.0.0.ebuild
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	media-video/ffmpeg
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/cmake
-	clang? ( sys-devel/clang:= )
-"
+BDEPEND="clang? ( sys-devel/clang )"
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-dont-build-lz4.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-make-arch-independent.patch"
diff --git a/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.2.1-r1.ebuild b/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.2.1-r1.ebuild
index aa639f9588..4b10b96983 100644
--- a/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-engines/fs2_open/fs2_open-23.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	media-video/ffmpeg
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/cmake
-	clang? ( sys-devel/clang:= )
-"
+BDEPEND="clang? ( sys-devel/clang )"
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-dont-build-lz4.patch"
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-dont-ignore-user-cflags.patch"
diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.5.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.5.0.ebuild
index 8e1fa582b4..ebe103c679 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.5.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/wayland-scanner
 	media-libs/libglvnd
 	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.6.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.6.0.ebuild
index 1548403487..8e57135b77 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprpaper/hyprpaper-0.6.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/wayland-scanner
 	dev-vcs/git
 "
diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.1.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.1.1.ebuild
index c7ba4a21d7..eb6f01d432 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.1.1.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/wayland-scanner
 	media-libs/libglvnd
 	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
diff --git a/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.2.0.ebuild b/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.2.0.ebuild
index b05934c74a..a938e3accd 100644
--- a/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/hyprpicker/hyprpicker-0.2.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
-	dev-util/cmake
 	dev-util/wayland-scanner
 	media-libs/libglvnd
 	media-libs/libjpeg-turbo
diff --git a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.1.ebuild b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.1.ebuild
index f825db42de..9e74476fab 100644
--- a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.1.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DEPEND="wayland? ( dev-libs/wayland[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-util/glslang[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="${BUNDLED_LLVM_DEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-util/cmake
 	virtual/linux-sources"
 RDEPEND=" ${DEPEND}
 	x11-libs/libdrm[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.2.ebuild b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.2.ebuild
index 59e508646b..9694ac2bfe 100644
--- a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.2.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DEPEND="wayland? ( dev-libs/wayland[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-util/glslang[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="${BUNDLED_LLVM_DEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-util/cmake
 	virtual/linux-sources"
 RDEPEND=" ${DEPEND}
 	x11-libs/libdrm[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.3.ebuild b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.3.ebuild
index 1f6bfb43f7..632fd4aabb 100644
--- a/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/amdvlk/amdvlk-2023.1.3.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DEPEND="wayland? ( dev-libs/wayland[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	dev-util/glslang[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="${BUNDLED_LLVM_DEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-util/cmake
 	virtual/linux-sources"
 RDEPEND=" ${DEPEND}
 	x11-libs/libdrm[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-1.0.31.ebuild b/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-1.0.31.ebuild
index d43e87ebc7..0fc7f81d5d 100644
--- a/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-1.0.31.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-1.0.31.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 
 IUSE="+wayland +X"
 
-BDEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-3.10.2"
 DEPEND="
 	media-libs/vulkan-loader
 	media-libs/mesa
diff --git a/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-9999.ebuild
index d43e87ebc7..0fc7f81d5d 100644
--- a/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/openxr-loader/openxr-loader-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 
 IUSE="+wayland +X"
 
-BDEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-3.10.2"
 DEPEND="
 	media-libs/vulkan-loader
 	media-libs/mesa
diff --git a/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.1.ebuild b/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.1.ebuild
index 9dadef7551..f703689a8a 100644
--- a/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.1.ebuild
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ DEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/cmake
-	dev-util/patchelf
-"
+BDEPEND="dev-util/patchelf"
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/musikcube-3.0.1-tinfow.patch"
 )
diff --git a/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.2.ebuild b/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.2.ebuild
index f03889ccf1..8a6a59b269 100644
--- a/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/musikcube/musikcube-3.0.2.ebuild
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ DEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	dev-util/cmake
-	dev-util/patchelf
-"
+BDEPEND="dev-util/patchelf"
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/musikcube-3.0.1-tinfow.patch"
 )
diff --git a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.4.ebuild b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.4.ebuild
index 2fd803ff06..4f5950e83d 100644
--- a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.4.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ DEPEND="dev-libs/quazip
 	dev-qt/qtsql:5
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	dev-qt/qtxmlpatterns:5
-	dev-util/cmake
 	media-libs/libzen
 	media-libs/phonon
 	media-video/mediainfo"
diff --git a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.6.ebuild b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.6.ebuild
index af7a027648..3e15ed9481 100644
--- a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.6.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-2.10.6.ebuild
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ DEPEND=">dev-libs/quazip-1.3[qt5?,qt6]
 		dev-qt/qtsvg:6
 		dev-qt/qttools:6
 	)
-	dev-util/cmake
 	media-video/ffmpeg
 	media-video/mediainfo"
 
diff --git a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-9999.ebuild
index 5dc498335d..bf339f5777 100644
--- a/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mediaelch/mediaelch-9999.ebuild
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ DEPEND=">dev-libs/quazip-1.2[qt5?,qt6]
 		dev-qt/qtsvg:6
 		dev-qt/qttools:6
 	)
-	dev-util/cmake
 	media-video/ffmpeg
 	media-video/mediainfo"
 
diff --git a/media-video/olive/olive-9999.ebuild b/media-video/olive/olive-9999.ebuild
index 643ece0401..50413a9036 100644
--- a/media-video/olive/olive-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/olive/olive-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	media-libs/portaudio
 	virtual/opengl"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-3.13.0"
 DOCS=( README.md )
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/sci-libs/Mutationpp/Mutationpp-1.0.5-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/Mutationpp/Mutationpp-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
index 8771105d35..77a685c90c 100644
--- a/sci-libs/Mutationpp/Mutationpp-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/Mutationpp/Mutationpp-1.0.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	app-alternatives/ninja
-	dev-util/cmake
 	doc? ( app-text/doxygen )
 	python? ( ${DISTUTILS_DEPS} )
 "
diff --git a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.5.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.5.0.ebuild
index e8deac7da6..d43d456a87 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/AXL/AXL-0.5.0.ebuild
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-"
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 PATCHES=(
diff --git a/sys-cluster/er/er-0.1.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/er/er-0.1.0.ebuild
index a39f3afd66..89e0c177bc 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/er/er-0.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/er/er-0.1.0.ebuild
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/mpi
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-util/cmake-2.8
-"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-static.patch" )
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
diff --git a/sys-cluster/redset/redset-0.1.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/redset/redset-0.1.0.ebuild
index 9ca71f99d3..a3a77576cd 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/redset/redset-0.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/redset/redset-0.1.0.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ DEPEND="
 		slurm? ( sys-cluster/slurm )
 	)
 "
-BDEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-2.8"
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-no-static.patch" )