diff --git a/dev-python/pyzbar/pyzbar-0.1.8.ebuild b/dev-python/pyzbar/pyzbar-0.1.8.ebuild
index 0871892417e70..52dfc23d22b75 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyzbar/pyzbar-0.1.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyzbar/pyzbar-0.1.8.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	media-gfx/zbar
 "
 
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)