diff --git a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-0.20-r1.ebuild b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-0.20-r1.ebuild
index c0629174bc753..c01f32953ab06 100644
--- a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-0.20-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-0.20-r1.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib:=[minizip]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-lang/lua:0
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	sys-devel/gettext
diff --git a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
index 1574309291941..33ade68e2d5ce 100644
--- a/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-strategy/widelands/widelands-9999.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/zlib:=[minizip]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
-	dev-lang/lua:0
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	sys-devel/gettext