diff --git a/dev-python/pylint/pylint-2.5.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pylint/pylint-2.5.3.ebuild
index 4dec5c52ccdef..8cae6d66c8b7d 100644
--- a/dev-python/pylint/pylint-2.5.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pylint/pylint-2.5.3.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=rdepend
 # entry_points is added via **kwargs in a dict
 _DISTUTILS_SETUPTOOLS_WARNED=1
 
-inherit distutils-r1 eutils
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
 
 DESCRIPTION="Python code static checker"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.logilab.org/project/pylint