diff --git a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.6.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.6.1-r2.ebuild
index f9dcdf2e36669..e3f9e55a1ce38 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.6.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.6.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/ipython-4.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '<dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
+	<dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/jupyter_client[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/traitlets-4.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=www-servers/tornado-4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.8.2.ebuild b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.8.2.ebuild
index 4c4883c482169..200a48df55444 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.8.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-4.8.2.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/ipython-4.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '<dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
+	<dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/jupyter_client[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/traitlets-4.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=www-servers/tornado-4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.1.0.ebuild
index c796b2e579314..cf43e216a89b1 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipykernel/ipykernel-5.1.0.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/ipython-4.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '<dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
+	>=dev-python/ipython-6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/jupyter_client[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/traitlets-4.1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=www-servers/tornado-4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]