diff --git a/net-misc/kafka-bin/kafka-bin-2.4.0.ebuild b/net-misc/kafka-bin/kafka-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
index f3356290d1013..7df42fcc92f19 100644
--- a/net-misc/kafka-bin/kafka-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/kafka-bin/kafka-bin-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=6
 
-inherit eutils user
+inherit eutils
 
 DESCRIPTION="A high-throughput distributed messaging system"
 HOMEPAGE="https://kafka.apache.org/"