diff --git a/eclass/cargo.eclass b/eclass/cargo.eclass
index 051d5c499a6e0..b16e0e9d63366 100644
--- a/eclass/cargo.eclass
+++ b/eclass/cargo.eclass
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 if [[ -z ${_CARGO_ECLASS} ]]; then
 _CARGO_ECLASS=1
 
-CARGO_DEPEND=""
-[[ ${CATEGORY}/${PN} != dev-util/cargo ]] && CARGO_DEPEND="virtual/cargo"
+CARGO_DEPEND="virtual/cargo"
 
 case ${EAPI} in
 	6) DEPEND="${CARGO_DEPEND}";;