diff --git a/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8-r5.ebuild b/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8-r5.ebuild
index 077d032b0c1b8..b04fd057bc5ec 100644
--- a/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8-r5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8-r5.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.14
 "
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	acct-group/mail
 	pam? ( >=sys-auth/pambase-20150213 )
 	su? ( !sys-apps/util-linux[su(-)] )
 "
diff --git a/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8.1-r3.ebuild b/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8.1-r3.ebuild
index ae7d1da323259..019710fb27cd7 100644
--- a/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8.1-r3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/shadow/shadow-4.8.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.14
 "
 RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	acct-group/mail
 	pam? ( >=sys-auth/pambase-20150213 )
 	su? ( !sys-apps/util-linux[su(-)] )
 "