diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-2.4.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-2.4.0-r2.ebuild
index 1cc2f079a45af..f86bdd0333f8a 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-2.4.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-2.4.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	low-memory? ( virtual/pypy:0 )
 	!low-memory? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 #	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
-PDEPEND="app-admin/python-updater"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P}-src"
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-5.2.0_alpha1.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-5.2.0_alpha1.ebuild
index 8a23570b85cfe..97d47ed9325b8 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-5.2.0_alpha1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-5.2.0_alpha1.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	low-memory? ( virtual/pypy:0 )
 	!low-memory? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 #	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
-PDEPEND="app-admin/python-updater"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}-src"
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-9999.ebuild
index 031660c7c22cf..17e9996002d56 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy3/pypy3-9999.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ RDEPEND=">=sys-libs/zlib-1.1.3:0=
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	low-memory? ( virtual/pypy:0 )
 	!low-memory? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
-PDEPEND="app-admin/python-updater"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${P}-src"