diff --git a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
index 3da39eb54a898..20516defe079b 100644
--- a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,8 +26,5 @@ SLOT="0"
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/lazy-object-proxy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	>=dev-python/flit-core-3.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest