diff --git a/x11-themes/gnustep-silver-theme/gnustep-silver-theme-3.1-r1.ebuild b/x11-themes/gnustep-silver-theme/gnustep-silver-theme-3.1-r1.ebuild
index 7a6cfbbcee8a1..2fd15948d9fcc 100644
--- a/x11-themes/gnustep-silver-theme/gnustep-silver-theme-3.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-themes/gnustep-silver-theme/gnustep-silver-theme-3.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-
 S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 
 pkg_postinst() {