diff --git a/acct-user/vdradmin/vdradmin-0-r3.ebuild b/acct-user/vdradmin/vdradmin-0-r3.ebuild
index c16cb6cea5b15..74be05a59d3bf 100644
--- a/acct-user/vdradmin/vdradmin-0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/acct-user/vdradmin/vdradmin-0-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ ACCT_USER_ID=453
 ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( vdradmin )
 
 acct-user_add_deps
-
-DEPEND+=" acct-group/vdradmin "
-RDEPEND+=" acct-group/vdradmin "