diff --git a/app-shells/bash/bash-5.0_p9.ebuild b/app-shells/bash/bash-5.0_p9.ebuild
index 1ead66883b4ed..38244a7b24fd7 100644
--- a/app-shells/bash/bash-5.0_p9.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/bash/bash-5.0_p9.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ IUSE="afs bashlogger examples mem-scramble +net nls plugins +readline"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0=
+	nls? ( virtual/libintl )
 	readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-${READLINE_VER}:0= )
 "
 RDEPEND="
@@ -59,9 +60,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 # we only need yacc when the .y files get patched (bash42-005)
 #DEPEND+=" virtual/yacc"
-BDEPEND="
-	nls? ( virtual/libintl )
-"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"