diff --git a/app-emacs/compat/compat-30.0.1.0-r1.ebuild b/app-emacs/compat/compat-30.0.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 8438dd49ae050..d8d01c6363f89 100644
--- a/app-emacs/compat/compat-30.0.1.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emacs/compat/compat-30.0.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-NEED_EMACS="29.1"
-
 inherit elisp
 
 DESCRIPTION="Compatibility libraries for Emacs"