diff --git a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.24.2.ebuild b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.24.2.ebuild
index a913e6448a789..a33995e332299 100644
--- a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.24.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.24.2.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		>=dev-python/grpcio-1.49.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/grpcio-status-1.49.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
diff --git a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.25.0.ebuild b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.25.0.ebuild
index 18eabd7b91ada..535c3a3f88b12 100644
--- a/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.25.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/google-api-core/google-api-core-2.25.0.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		>=dev-python/grpcio-1.49.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/grpcio-status-1.49.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/rsa[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)