diff --git a/mate-extra/mate-netbook/mate-netbook-1.26.0.ebuild b/mate-extra/mate-netbook/mate-netbook-1.26.0.ebuild
index 92f58f02a15ef..b5cc5c03db668 100644
--- a/mate-extra/mate-netbook/mate-netbook-1.26.0.ebuild
+++ b/mate-extra/mate-netbook/mate-netbook-1.26.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ DESCRIPTION="MATE utilities for netbooks"
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 
-IUSE=""
-
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.50:2
 	>=mate-base/mate-panel-1.17.0
diff --git a/mate-extra/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver-1.26.2.ebuild b/mate-extra/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver-1.26.2.ebuild
index fc4b3a33e3fc5..042c9472f4e96 100644
--- a/mate-extra/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver-1.26.2.ebuild
+++ b/mate-extra/mate-screensaver/mate-screensaver-1.26.2.ebuild
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	>=mate-base/mate-session-manager-1.6
 	virtual/libintl
-	!!<gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver-3
 	mate-base/mate-panel
 "