diff --git a/sys-cluster/kube-proxy/kube-proxy-1.18.16.ebuild b/sys-cluster/kube-proxy/kube-proxy-1.18.16.ebuild
index 5ef88fafdadae..1d1531e7c3876 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/kube-proxy/kube-proxy-1.18.16.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/kube-proxy/kube-proxy-1.18.16.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ IUSE="hardened"
 
 RDEPEND="net-firewall/conntrack-tools
 	!sys-cluster/kubernetes"
-BDEPEND="=dev-lang/go-1.14*"
 
 RESTRICT+=" test"
 S="${WORKDIR}/kubernetes-${PV}"