diff --git a/dev-perl/String-Truncate/String-Truncate-1.100.603.ebuild b/dev-perl/String-Truncate/String-Truncate-1.100.603.ebuild
index 17b704bfdb70..e14534a0febd 100644
--- a/dev-perl/String-Truncate/String-Truncate-1.100.603.ebuild
+++ b/dev-perl/String-Truncate/String-Truncate-1.100.603.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~x86"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	virtual/perl-Carp
 	>=dev-perl/Sub-Exporter-0.953.0
 	>=dev-perl/Sub-Install-0.30.0
 "
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	>=virtual/perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.780.0
 	test? (
-		virtual/perl-File-Spec
 		>=virtual/perl-Test-Simple-0.960.0
 	)
 "