diff --git a/dev-python/ioflo/ioflo-1.7.4.ebuild b/dev-python/ioflo/ioflo-1.7.4.ebuild
index 6bc509dcef22b..c9bb199ea62e3 100644
--- a/dev-python/ioflo/ioflo-1.7.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ioflo/ioflo-1.7.4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	>=dev-python/setuptools-git-1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
+python_prepare_all() {
+	sed -e 's:"setuptools_git[^"]*",::' -i setup.py || die
+	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
+}