diff --git a/dev-python/yamlpath/yamlpath-3.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/yamlpath/yamlpath-3.6.0.ebuild
index ac88b3e28ffc0..075879b08bcba 100644
--- a/dev-python/yamlpath/yamlpath-3.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/yamlpath/yamlpath-3.6.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=bdepend
 
 inherit distutils-r1