diff --git a/dev-python/construct/construct-2.8.21.ebuild b/dev-python/construct/construct-2.8.21.ebuild
index 9b6945e26a563..df4b44313d409 100644
--- a/dev-python/construct/construct-2.8.21.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/construct/construct-2.8.21.ebuild
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 DEPEND="test? (
 		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/scimath[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2_7')
 	)"
 
 python_test() {
diff --git a/dev-python/construct/construct-2.9.45.ebuild b/dev-python/construct/construct-2.9.45.ebuild
index 877483c6d9243..9857a0e9b5f8c 100644
--- a/dev-python/construct/construct-2.9.45.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/construct/construct-2.9.45.ebuild
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ RESTRICT="test"
 DEPEND="test? (
 		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/scimath[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' 'python2_7')
 	)"
 
 python_test() {