diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.17.40.ebuild b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.17.40.ebuild
index 6eadb58766839..78b0ae605fe86 100644
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.17.40.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.17.40.ebuild
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	!dev-python/namespace-ruamel
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ruamel-std-pathlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
diff --git a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.5.ebuild b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.5.ebuild
index e67683a888b42..473ad32a25cd5 100644
--- a/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ruamel-yaml/ruamel-yaml-0.18.5.ebuild
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/ruamel-yaml-clib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	!dev-python/namespace-ruamel
 "
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		dev-python/ruamel-std-pathlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	)
-"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest