diff --git a/dev-python/jupyter-client/jupyter-client-8.6.3.ebuild b/dev-python/jupyter-client/jupyter-client-8.6.3.ebuild
index cfde44c6d1d8e..298b95cfb6799 100644
--- a/dev-python/jupyter-client/jupyter-client-8.6.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jupyter-client/jupyter-client-8.6.3.ebuild
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/pyzmq-23.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/tornado-6.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/traitlets[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-		>=dev-python/importlib-metadata-4.8.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	' 3.{8,9})
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (