diff --git a/sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.42.ebuild b/sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.42.ebuild
index 358c4e36cde30..d768a1f50c163 100644
--- a/sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.42.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/sg3_utils/sg3_utils-1.42.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ IUSE="static-libs"
 
 DEPEND="sys-devel/libtool"
 RDEPEND=""
-PDEPEND=">=sys-apps/rescan-scsi-bus-1.24"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.26-stdint.patch #580236