diff --git a/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-1.4.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
index 752307b9830b6..c81366d06a473 100644
--- a/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jsonpickle/jsonpickle-1.4.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6..9} )
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=bdepend
 inherit distutils-r1
 
 DESCRIPTION="Python library for serializing any arbitrary object graph into JSON"