diff --git a/dev-python/rfc3987/rfc3987-1.3.8-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/rfc3987/rfc3987-1.3.8-r1.ebuild
index 3d8b83a1bc101..2dc8f162d2411 100644
--- a/dev-python/rfc3987/rfc3987-1.3.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rfc3987/rfc3987-1.3.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6,7,8}} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_{6..9}} pypy3 )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 s390 sparc x86
 IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND="dev-python/regex[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 python_test() {
 	${EPYTHON} -m doctest -v "${S}/${PN}.py" || die