diff --git a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
index cd0924beaaddb..9f4e8c8bf8155 100644
--- a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="virtual/python-singledispatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-py34.patch
 )
diff --git a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0.ebuild
index 437c554026663..ca71030b0e01c 100644
--- a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.2.0.ebuild
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-RDEPEND="virtual/python-singledispatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
diff --git a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.3.0.ebuild
index 7f18076b3228b..4d76d28c14610 100644
--- a/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mergedict/mergedict-0.3.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,4 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="virtual/python-singledispatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-
 distutils_enable_tests pytest