diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
index 985d70f00caae..6f932a671cedc 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/typing-extensions[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-vcs/git
-		!sparc? (
-			dev-vcs/mercurial
-		)
 	)
 "