diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc1.ebuild
index 5b1af6e04fedf..3252cadf725ce 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc1.ebuild
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	!<perl-core/Pod-Simple-3.170
-	!<virtual/perl-Pod-Simple-3.170
 	dev-lang/perl
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/flex
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc2.ebuild
index 5b1af6e04fedf..3252cadf725ce 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc2.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-3.2.0_rc2.ebuild
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	!<perl-core/Pod-Simple-3.170
-	!<virtual/perl-Pod-Simple-3.170
 	dev-lang/perl
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/flex
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
index 20dbd113da17b..18b738bc93816 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	!<perl-core/Pod-Simple-3.170
-	!<virtual/perl-Pod-Simple-3.170
 	dev-lang/perl
 	sys-devel/bison
 	sys-devel/flex