diff --git a/dev-python/pycountry/pycountry-24.6.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pycountry/pycountry-24.6.1.ebuild
index 6e416a7c61c54..e26b63bd54f0f 100644
--- a/dev-python/pycountry/pycountry-24.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pycountry/pycountry-24.6.1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 pypy3_11 python3_{10..13} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1 pypi
 
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
 
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/importlib-metadata[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
-
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_test() {