diff --git a/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-1.6.8.ebuild b/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-1.6.8.ebuild
index 9fb280a8b98fc..6f9cd6b125e7f 100644
--- a/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-1.6.8.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-1.6.8.ebuild
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI=7
 ROS_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ros-drivers/driver_common"
 CATKIN_HAS_MESSAGES=yes
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
 ROS_SUBDIR=${PN}
 CATKIN_MESSAGES_TRANSITIVE_DEPS="dev-ros/std_msgs"
 
 inherit ros-catkin
 
-DESCRIPTION="Framework for writing drivers that helps with runtime reconfiguration, diagnostics and self-test"
+DESCRIPTION="Framework for writing drivers"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
diff --git a/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-9999.ebuild
index 9fb280a8b98fc..6f9cd6b125e7f 100644
--- a/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/driver_base/driver_base-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=5
+EAPI=7
 ROS_REPO_URI="https://github.com/ros-drivers/driver_common"
 CATKIN_HAS_MESSAGES=yes
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm"
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
 ROS_SUBDIR=${PN}
 CATKIN_MESSAGES_TRANSITIVE_DEPS="dev-ros/std_msgs"
 
 inherit ros-catkin
 
-DESCRIPTION="Framework for writing drivers that helps with runtime reconfiguration, diagnostics and self-test"
+DESCRIPTION="Framework for writing drivers"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""