diff --git a/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-2.0.4-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-2.0.4-r1.ebuild
index e01339f95bcef..70d19261a89d7 100644
--- a/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-2.0.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-2.0.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-libs/boost-1.70:="
+DEPEND="dev-libs/boost:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-3.0.0.ebuild b/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-3.0.0.ebuild
index 69f465d5133f5..32bb52f339bb9 100644
--- a/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-3.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/libcifpp/libcifpp-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-libs/boost-1.70:="
+DEPEND="dev-libs/boost:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_configure() {