diff --git a/dev-python/sphinx/sphinx-1.7.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/sphinx/sphinx-1.7.5-r1.ebuild
index 86a61f664a741..130b1d14f2237 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinx/sphinx-1.7.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sphinx/sphinx-1.7.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/sphinxcontrib-websupport[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/flake8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/html5lib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]