diff --git a/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.4.3_p1-r6.ebuild b/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.4.3_p1-r6.ebuild
index f1c0c6e665221..ab0799f08cbd3 100644
--- a/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.4.3_p1-r6.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/dhcp/dhcp-4.4.3_p1-r6.ebuild
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
 IUSE="+client ipv6 ldap selinux +server ssl vim-syntax"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	acct-group/dhcp
-	acct-user/dhcp
-"
 DEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib:=
 	client? (
@@ -42,7 +38,8 @@ DEPEND="
 		ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
 	)"
 RDEPEND="
-	${BDEPEND}
+	acct-group/dhcp
+	acct-user/dhcp
 	${DEPEND}
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-dhcp )
 	vim-syntax? ( app-vim/dhcpd-syntax )