diff --git a/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.2.ebuild b/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.2.ebuild
index 494b32823d6a2..a1977b72205aa 100644
--- a/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.2.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7 'python3*')
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( dev-python/cssselect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	"
diff --git a/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.3.ebuild b/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.3.ebuild
index 831078984924e..8e5f5c5c54825 100644
--- a/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lxml/lxml-4.4.3.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7 'python3*')
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( dev-python/cssselect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	"