diff --git a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.06.06.ebuild b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.06.06.ebuild
index f22b67f5220c8..c397d925fb6d7 100644
--- a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.06.06.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.06.06.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 readme.gentoo-r1
+inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Download videos from YouTube.com (and more sites...)"
 HOMEPAGE="https://youtube-dl.org/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/"
diff --git a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.12.17.ebuild b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.12.17.ebuild
index 110a9df0641ee..140eed0ebc77b 100644
--- a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.12.17.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.12.17.ebuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
 
-inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 readme.gentoo-r1
+inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Download videos from YouTube.com (and more sites...)"
 HOMEPAGE="https://youtube-dl.org/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/"
diff --git a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-9999.ebuild
index 6ea8ff1593c3c..14727bf79b6ba 100644
--- a/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 git-r3 readme.gentoo-r1
+inherit bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1 git-r3
 
 DESCRIPTION="Download videos from YouTube.com (and more sites...)"
 HOMEPAGE="https://youtube-dl.org/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/"