diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.4-r2.ebuild b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.4-r2.ebuild
index 96799b425fb4e..3298be20c0a2a 100644
--- a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-# Force users doing their own patches to install their own tools
-AUTOTOOLS_AUTO_DEPEND=no
-
 inherit multilib systemd toolchain-funcs autotools flag-o-matic usr-ldscript
 
 DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (2.4+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"
diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.5.ebuild b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.5.ebuild
index b0ad14600d7f2..f4076d28292fd 100644
--- a/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-firewall/iptables/iptables-1.8.5.ebuild
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-# Force users doing their own patches to install their own tools
-AUTOTOOLS_AUTO_DEPEND=no
-
 inherit multilib systemd toolchain-funcs autotools flag-o-matic usr-ldscript
 
 DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (2.4+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"