diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0-r1.ebuild
index 85c8633fbf6ef..617b8e64e48d3 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
 	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Sys-CPU"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-llvm-5.patch
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0.ebuild
index 9fae9a665c8bd..3d45da9f2c81e 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.7.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:4"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
 	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Sys-CPU"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 LLVM_MAX_SLOT=4
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0.ebuild
index 5d6570d88f66e..78b23f9fd6b86 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0.ebuild
@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
-	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Regexp-Common"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/creduce-llvm-7.patch
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411-r1.ebuild
index fec31d8e8913b..0249ee3b93d2d 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
 	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Sys-CPU"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${EGIT_COMMIT}"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411.ebuild
index e7964cd3685d4..b3bc269e1c6e5 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.8.0_pre20180411.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
 	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Sys-CPU"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${EGIT_COMMIT}"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414-r1.ebuild
similarity index 86%
rename from dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414.ebuild
rename to dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414-r1.ebuild
index 23325b2083c9c..15624685b357d 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-2.9.0_pre20190414-r1.ebuild
@@ -22,16 +22,12 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
-	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
-
+	dev-perl/Regexp-Common"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${EGIT_COMMIT}"
 
 PATCHES=(
diff --git a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-9999.ebuild
index a6b6f66dbe320..8b8470de887c6 100644
--- a/dev-util/creduce/creduce-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/creduce/creduce-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,15 +23,12 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/perl-5.10.0
 	sys-devel/clang:${LLVM_MAX_SLOT}"
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	dev-perl/Benchmark-Timer
 	dev-perl/Exporter-Lite
 	dev-perl/File-Which
 	dev-perl/Getopt-Tabular
-	dev-perl/Regexp-Common
-	dev-perl/Sys-CPU
-	dev-util/astyle
-	dev-util/indent"
-DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}"
+	dev-perl/Regexp-Common"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	sys-devel/flex"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/creduce-2.8.0-link-libs.patch