diff --git a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.4.1.ebuild b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.4.1.ebuild
index 8c7493f14b..6b33a9eb2c 100644
--- a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.4.1.ebuild
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 
 IUSE="python +jemalloc"
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-#test IUSE disabled because there is no googletest in portage tree at this moment
-#-DWITH_TESTS=$(usex test ON OFF)
-
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="python"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 DEPEND="sys-devel/flex
 		sys-devel/binutils:*"
diff --git a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4-r2.ebuild b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4-r2.ebuild
index 755b47b81e..bc057eb62d 100644
--- a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS=""
 
 IUSE="python +jemalloc test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="python"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 DEPEND="sys-devel/flex"
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
diff --git a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4.ebuild b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4.ebuild
index 2ef94b62b4..d788273ad1 100644
--- a/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/dwarfs/dwarfs-0.5.4.ebuild
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
 
 IUSE="python +jemalloc test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
-
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="python"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 DEPEND="sys-devel/flex"
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}