diff --git a/dev-python/pyjwt/pyjwt-1.7.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/pyjwt/pyjwt-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
index 0cb072fed98da..cf944a1e35101 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyjwt/pyjwt-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyjwt/pyjwt-1.7.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} pypy3 )
 
-inherit distutils-r1 eutils
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
 
 MY_PN="PyJWT"
 DESCRIPTION="JSON Web Token implementation in Python"