diff --git a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3.ebuild b/dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3.ebuild
rename to dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3-r1.ebuild
index efc1fbf698a63..160888514efdb 100644
--- a/dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rq/rq-2.3.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 src_prepare() {
 	distutils-r1_src_prepare
 
-	# unnecessary typechecking deps
-	sed -i -e '/types-/d' pyproject.toml || die
+	# strip pin
+	sed -i -e '/dependencies/s:,!=[0-9.]*::' pyproject.toml || die
 }
 
 src_test() {