diff --git a/dev-python/python-dbus-next/python-dbus-next-0.2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/python-dbus-next/python-dbus-next-0.2.3.ebuild
index 15c616860a..68ac62e890 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-dbus-next/python-dbus-next-0.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-dbus-next/python-dbus-next-0.2.3.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="test? ( dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest