diff --git a/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.1.ebuild b/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.1.ebuild
index 1682578a12b0f..1a23dc5665657 100644
--- a/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ IUSE="+ocamlopt"
 RESTRICT="test" # sandbox not working
 
 RDEPEND="
-	<dev-ml/cmdliner-2.0.0:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/jsonm:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/ocamlgraph:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/ocaml-sha:=[ocamlopt?]
diff --git a/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.2.ebuild b/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.2.ebuild
index c3e617caa681e..9398e779d6031 100644
--- a/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/opam-installer/opam-installer-2.5.2.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ IUSE="+ocamlopt"
 RESTRICT="test" # sandbox not working
 
 RDEPEND="
-	<dev-ml/cmdliner-2.0.0:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/jsonm:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/ocamlgraph:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/ocaml-sha:=[ocamlopt?]