diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200923.3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200923.3.ebuild
index b321f55076b5e..0da6b1210557f 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200923.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200923.3.ebuild
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ SLOT="0/${PV%%.*}"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 x86"
 IUSE="+cxx17 test"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	test? ( sys-libs/timezone-data )
diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20211102.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20211102.0-r2.ebuild
index 7f6c384959f53..a0d429b7ac443 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20211102.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20211102.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ SLOT="0/${PV%%.*}"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	test? ( sys-libs/timezone-data )
diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20220623.1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20220623.1.ebuild
index 4e551e8d122eb..0d84bae26b61d 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20220623.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20220623.1.ebuild
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ SLOT="0/${PV%%.*}"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	test? ( sys-libs/timezone-data )
diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.2.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.2.ebuild
index 84248b5b38c8c..067f0d0a08767 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.2.ebuild
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ SLOT="0/${PV%%.*}"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm arm64 ~loong ppc64 ~riscv x86"
 IUSE="test"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	test? ( sys-libs/timezone-data )