diff --git a/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass b/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
index 6dfeb083d8bd3..a2ce02c353d71 100644
--- a/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
+++ b/eclass/cmake-utils.eclass
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ inherit toolchain-funcs ninja-utils flag-o-matic multiprocessing xdg-utils
 
 case ${EAPI} in
 	7) ;;
-	*) inherit eapi7-ver eutils multilib ;;
+	*) inherit eutils multilib ;;
 esac
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_prepare src_configure src_compile src_test src_install