diff --git a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4.ebuild b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4-r1.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4.ebuild
rename to dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4-r1.ebuild
index a8f296dc74100..e566634400752 100644
--- a/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/zope-exceptions/zope-exceptions-4.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LICENSE="ZPL"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
 
-RDEPEND="dev-python/namespace-zope[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/zope-interface[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="test? ( dev-python/zope-testrunner[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"