diff --git a/virtual/rust/rust-1.44.0.ebuild b/virtual/rust/rust-1.44.0.ebuild
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-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-inherit multilib-build
-
-DESCRIPTION="Virtual for Rust language compiler"
-
-LICENSE=""
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~x86"
-
-BDEPEND=""
-RDEPEND="|| ( =dev-lang/rust-${PV}*[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] =dev-lang/rust-bin-${PV}*[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"