diff --git a/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-1.13.2-r3.ebuild b/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-1.13.2-r3.ebuild
index 5061656d4b0c3..c80c4e8e0d24b 100644
--- a/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-1.13.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-1.13.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/boost:=[threads(+)]
+	dev-libs/boost:=
 	>=dev-libs/urdfdom-3.0.1:=
 	dev-libs/urdfdom_headers
 	dev-ros/urdf_parser_plugin
diff --git a/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-9999.ebuild
index 5061656d4b0c3..c80c4e8e0d24b 100644
--- a/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/urdf/urdf-9999.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/boost:=[threads(+)]
+	dev-libs/boost:=
 	>=dev-libs/urdfdom-3.0.1:=
 	dev-libs/urdfdom_headers
 	dev-ros/urdf_parser_plugin