diff --git a/sci-libs/amd/amd-2.4.6.ebuild b/sci-libs/amd/amd-2.4.6.ebuild
index 986cca6131054..df845e67c57da 100644
--- a/sci-libs/amd/amd-2.4.6.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/amd/amd-2.4.6.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="doc fortran static-libs"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( virtual/latex-base )"
 DEPEND=">=sci-libs/suitesparseconfig-5.4.0"
-REPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_configure() {
 	econf \