diff --git a/sci-physics/uproot/uproot-5.4.1.ebuild b/sci-physics/uproot/uproot-5.4.1.ebuild
index 69255f1f845..7d3b910d58f 100644
--- a/sci-physics/uproot/uproot-5.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-physics/uproot/uproot-5.4.1.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/fsspec[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/hatch-vcs[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "