diff --git a/net-misc/wget2/metadata.xml b/net-misc/wget2/metadata.xml
index b9d9ab8fa92e5..0143e665405e9 100644
--- a/net-misc/wget2/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/wget2/metadata.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@
 		<flag name="lzip">Enable <pkg>app-arch/lzip</pkg> support via <pkg>app-arch/lzlib</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="openssl">Enable crypto support via <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="psl">Use public suffix list via <pkg>net-libs/libpsl</pkg></flag>
-		<flag name="valgrind">Depend on <pkg>dev-util/valgrind</pkg> for test suite</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1-r2.ebuild b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1-r2.ebuild
index 1e0c733d2a3dc..c9f6bad3566ca 100644
--- a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3+ LGPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/0" # subslot = libwget.so version
 QA_PKGCONFIG_VERSION="2.1.0" # libwget pkg-config versioning
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~x86"
-IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test valgrind xattr zlib"
-REQUIRED_USE="valgrind? ( test )"
+IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test xattr zlib"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	brotli? ( app-arch/brotli )
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )
-	valgrind? ( dev-util/valgrind )
 "
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
@@ -51,12 +49,12 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		--disable-static
+		--disable-valgrind-tests
 		--with-plugin-support
 		--with-ssl="$(usex ssl $(usex gnutls gnutls openssl) none)"
 		--without-libidn
 		--without-libmicrohttpd
 		$(use_enable doc)
-		$(use_enable valgrind valgrind-tests)
 		$(use_enable xattr)
 		$(use_with brotli brotlidec)
 		$(use_with bzip2)
diff --git a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1.ebuild b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1.ebuild
index 93ecce3e0724f..974ef72410359 100644
--- a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-2.0.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ fi
 # LGPL for libwget
 LICENSE="GPL-3+ LGPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/0" # subslot = libwget.so version
-IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test valgrind xattr zlib"
-REQUIRED_USE="valgrind? ( test )"
+IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test xattr zlib"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	brotli? ( app-arch/brotli )
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )
-	valgrind? ( dev-util/valgrind )
 "
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
@@ -84,12 +82,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		--disable-static
+		--disable-valgrind-tests
 		--with-plugin-support
 		--with-ssl="$(usex ssl $(usex gnutls gnutls openssl) none)"
 		--without-libidn
 		--without-libmicrohttpd
 		$(use_enable doc)
-		$(use_enable valgrind valgrind-tests)
 		$(use_enable xattr)
 		$(use_with brotli brotlidec)
 		$(use_with bzip2)
diff --git a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-9999.ebuild b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-9999.ebuild
index a5d97827fcb91..2d271b4a835ee 100644
--- a/net-misc/wget2/wget2-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/wget2/wget2-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2.git"
 LICENSE="GPL-3+ LGPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/0" # subslot = libwget.so version
 KEYWORDS=""
-IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test valgrind xattr zlib"
-REQUIRED_USE="valgrind? ( test )"
+IUSE="brotli bzip2 doc +gnutls gpgme +http2 idn lzip lzma openssl pcre psl +ssl test xattr zlib"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	brotli? ( app-arch/brotli )
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen[dot] )
-	valgrind? ( dev-util/valgrind )
 "
 
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
@@ -77,12 +75,12 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_configure() {
 	local myeconfargs=(
 		--disable-static
+		--disable-valgrind-tests
 		--with-plugin-support
 		--with-ssl="$(usex ssl $(usex gnutls gnutls openssl) none)"
 		--without-libidn
 		--without-libmicrohttpd
 		$(use_enable doc)
-		$(use_enable valgrind valgrind-tests)
 		$(use_enable xattr)
 		$(use_with brotli brotlidec)
 		$(use_with bzip2)