diff --git a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.0.ebuild b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.0.ebuild
index 209116293998d..63df295b31259 100644
--- a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.0.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ~arm64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc x86"
 IUSE="python"
 REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
-RDEPEND="!<sys-apps/lm-sensors-3
+RDEPEND="
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.1-r1.ebuild b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.1-r1.ebuild
index c8cb01781c536..687930ef6f3f4 100644
--- a/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-4.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE="perl python static-libs"
 REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
-RDEPEND="!<sys-apps/lm-sensors-3
+RDEPEND="
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 RDEPEND+="