diff --git a/dev-ml/utop/utop-2.16.0.ebuild b/dev-ml/utop/utop-2.16.0.ebuild
index f122909f067b..f4048a3fddf3 100644
--- a/dev-ml/utop/utop-2.16.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/utop/utop-2.16.0.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ ELISP_DEPEND="
 	)
 "
 DEPEND="
-	>=dev-lang/ocaml-4.11
 	dev-ml/lambda-term:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/logs:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/lwt:=[ocamlopt?]