diff --git a/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-0.1.2.ebuild b/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-0.1.2.ebuild
index 33e4efa303c64..ae25725577a71 100644
--- a/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-0.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-0.1.2.ebuild
@@ -30,10 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libzip-1.0
 	media-libs/libpng:0=
 	media-libs/libsdl2
-	|| (
-		media-libs/speexdsp
-		<media-libs/speex-1.2.0
-	)
+	media-libs/speexdsp
 	multiplayer? (
 		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
diff --git a/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-9999.ebuild b/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-9999.ebuild
index 8a3a26a6c9535..1058facd68fdb 100644
--- a/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-simulation/openrct2/openrct2-9999.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/libzip-1.0
 	media-libs/libpng:0=
 	media-libs/libsdl2
-	>=media-libs/speex-1.2.0
 	media-libs/speexdsp
 	multiplayer? (
 		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:0= )