diff --git a/dev-php/PEAR-XML_Util/PEAR-XML_Util-1.4.5.ebuild b/dev-php/PEAR-XML_Util/PEAR-XML_Util-1.4.5.ebuild
index 95a459d67af3a..793ee68ee7264 100644
--- a/dev-php/PEAR-XML_Util/PEAR-XML_Util-1.4.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-php/PEAR-XML_Util/PEAR-XML_Util-1.4.5.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ IUSE="examples"
 # PCRE is needed for a few calls to preg_replace and preg_match.
 RDEPEND="dev-lang/php:*[pcre(+)]"
 PDEPEND="dev-php/PEAR-PEAR"
-DEPEND=""
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"