diff --git a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0.ebuild b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 96%
rename from dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0.ebuild
rename to dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0-r1.ebuild
index 90d3c10178546..117a8236e6799 100644
--- a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-1.17.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 x86"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-python/namespace-google[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/protobuf-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/googleapis-common-protos[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/google-auth-1.14.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]