diff --git a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.504_p01.ebuild b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.504_p01.ebuild
index ac8250f51a2b7..ac8b5d8608414 100644
--- a/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.504_p01.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/openjdk/openjdk-8.504_p01.ebuild
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/zip
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	net-print/cups
-	virtual/pkgconfig
 	x11-base/xorg-proto
 	x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXext