diff --git a/app-misc/piper/piper-0.6.ebuild b/app-misc/piper/piper-0.6.ebuild
index bc683c50c6988..f38e16d0446ff 100644
--- a/app-misc/piper/piper-0.6.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/piper/piper-0.6.ebuild
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 BDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	test? (
-		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-			dev-python/flake8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		')
-	)
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}