diff --git a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-2.2.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-2.2.0-r1.ebuild
index d33f00ed8fc67..62c6f8e16c4ff 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-2.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-2.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 	dev-python/decorator[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pexpect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/simplegeneric[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	matplotlib? ( dev-python/matplotlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	mongodb? ( dev-python/pymongo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/pyzmq-2.1.11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/mock[${PY2_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.0.ebuild
index ad60011ea3bc9..16f47ab77274d 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 	dev-python/decorator[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pexpect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/simplegeneric[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	matplotlib? ( dev-python/matplotlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	mongodb? ( dev-python/pymongo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/pyzmq-13[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		app-text/dvipng
 		dev-python/jinja[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.1.ebuild
index 966c799c6a75a..fa2217f1716ed 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ipython/ipython-3.2.1.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ CDEPEND="
 	dev-python/decorator[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pexpect[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pyparsing[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/simplegeneric[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	matplotlib? ( dev-python/matplotlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	mongodb? ( <dev-python/pymongo-3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 		dev-python/pygments[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/pyzmq-13[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		app-text/dvipng
 		dev-python/jinja[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]