diff --git a/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-r4.ebuild b/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-r4.ebuild
index be8a2a12ff5c0..5bd1294f7a484 100644
--- a/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-r4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/cyrus-sasl/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27-r4.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit eutils flag-o-matic multilib multilib-minimal autotools pam java-pkg-opt-2 db-use systemd toolchain-funcs tmpfiles
+inherit flag-o-matic multilib multilib-minimal autotools pam java-pkg-opt-2 db-use systemd toolchain-funcs tmpfiles
 
 SASLAUTHD_CONF_VER="2.1.26"