diff --git a/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.1.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 0c18291426e79..88438e3011c96 100644
--- a/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.1.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? (
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-cov[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
 		dev-python/ipykernel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 	"
diff --git a/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.2.3.ebuild
index 74eee18533c7a..ab6c45328e011 100644
--- a/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jupyter_client/jupyter_client-5.2.3.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? (
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-cov[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2*')
 		dev-python/ipykernel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 	"