diff --git a/media-sound/synaesthesia/synaesthesia-2.4-r2.ebuild b/media-sound/synaesthesia/synaesthesia-2.4-r2.ebuild
index fdad46d677d14..789c6f2637ac7 100644
--- a/media-sound/synaesthesia/synaesthesia-2.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/synaesthesia/synaesthesia-2.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc x86"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libX11
-	|| ( media-libs/libsdl
-		media-libs/svgalib )"
+	media-libs/libsdl"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	x11-base/xorg-proto"