diff --git a/dev-python/jaraco-classes/jaraco-classes-2.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/jaraco-classes/jaraco-classes-2.0-r1.ebuild
index abe398f82ad1a..5bb9da703f891 100644
--- a/dev-python/jaraco-classes/jaraco-classes-2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/jaraco-classes/jaraco-classes-2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ python_check_deps() {
 python_prepare_all() {
 	# avoid a setuptools_scm dependency
 	sed -i "s:use_scm_version=True:version='${PV}':" setup.py || die
+	sed -r -i "s:setuptools_scm[[:space:]]*([><=]{1,2}[[:space:]]*[0-9.a-zA-Z]+)[[:space:]]*::" \
+		setup.cfg || die
 
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all
 }