diff --git a/eclass/xorg-3.eclass b/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
index dde954ca77aaa..21cddc92773d9 100644
--- a/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
+++ b/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ if [[ ${PN} != util-macros ]] ; then
 	# Required even by xorg-server
 	[[ ${PN} == "font-util" ]] || EAUTORECONF_DEPEND+=" >=media-fonts/font-util-1.2.0"
 fi
-BDEPEND+=" ${EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS}"
 [[ ${XORG_EAUTORECONF} != no ]] && BDEPEND+=" ${EAUTORECONF_DEPEND}"
-unset EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS
 unset EAUTORECONF_DEPEND
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: FONT_DIR