diff --git a/dev-python/txrequests/txrequests-0.9.6.ebuild b/dev-python/txrequests/txrequests-0.9.6.ebuild
index 6f8648c02c258..18774712d84c2 100644
--- a/dev-python/txrequests/txrequests-0.9.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/txrequests/txrequests-0.9.6.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7,8})
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS="rdepend"
+DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS="bdepend"
 
 inherit distutils-r1