diff --git a/dev-cpp/sprout/sprout-0_pre20190615.ebuild b/dev-cpp/sprout/sprout-0_pre20190615.ebuild
index 1bc50ce1ac..c54f914022 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/sprout/sprout-0_pre20190615.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/sprout/sprout-0_pre20190615.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test texconv wavconv"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-DEPEND=""
+DEPEND="dev-libs/boost:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/optional_binaries.patch