diff --git a/app-misc/tdl/tdl-1.5.2-r3.ebuild b/app-misc/tdl/tdl-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
index 9a3ffcabd8222..f4f63c471a567 100644
--- a/app-misc/tdl/tdl-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/tdl/tdl-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
-	sys-apps/sed
 	sys-apps/texinfo
 	doc? ( virtual/texi2dvi )"