diff --git a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-19.3.0_rc6.ebuild b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-19.3.0_rc6.ebuild
index d8de3e17e4939..9c11f067fd536 100644
--- a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-19.3.0_rc6.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-19.3.0_rc6.ebuild
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 				)
 		vaapi? (
 			>=x11-libs/libva-1.7.3:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-			video_cards_nouveau? ( !<=x11-libs/libva-vdpau-driver-0.7.4-r3 )
 		)
 		vdpau? ( >=x11-libs/libvdpau-1.1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		xvmc? ( >=x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.8:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
index 8f593918a1acf..89ebb55245dd6 100644
--- a/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/mesa/mesa-9999.ebuild
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 				)
 		vaapi? (
 			>=x11-libs/libva-1.7.3:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
-			video_cards_nouveau? ( !<=x11-libs/libva-vdpau-driver-0.7.4-r3 )
 		)
 		vdpau? ( >=x11-libs/libvdpau-1.1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		xvmc? ( >=x11-libs/libXvMC-1.0.8:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )