diff --git a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
index a7de0c9cd5..271a3d190b 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.1.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyelftools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-coredump[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-embedded/esptool[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-embedded/esptool
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-kconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-monitor[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-panic-decoder[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.2.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.2.ebuild
index 075aec06e3..b0a3e33180 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esp-idf/esp-idf-5.2.2.ebuild
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyelftools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-coredump[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-embedded/esptool[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-embedded/esptool
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-kconfig[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-monitor[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-embedded/esp-idf-panic-decoder[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]