diff --git a/x11-wm/fvwm3/fvwm3-9999.ebuild b/x11-wm/fvwm3/fvwm3-9999.ebuild
index fac3fd55cbcaa..d076b13c7a75a 100644
--- a/x11-wm/fvwm3/fvwm3-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/fvwm3/fvwm3-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-libs/libevent:=
 	media-libs/fontconfig
 	media-libs/libpng:=
-	sys-apps/debianutils
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	x11-libs/libICE
 	x11-libs/libSM