diff --git a/dev-python/python-engineio/python-engineio-4.3.4.ebuild b/dev-python/python-engineio/python-engineio-4.3.4.ebuild
index d5597b754d92d..ef594f419a626 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-engineio/python-engineio-4.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-engineio/python-engineio-4.3.4.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 # Can use eventlet, werkzeug, or gevent, but no tests for werkzeug
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
-		dev-python/gevent[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/tornado[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/websockets[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)