diff --git a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3_p48-r2.ebuild b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3_p48-r2.ebuild
index 059d894bdfa28..84f4b4cf49d94 100644
--- a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3_p48-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3_p48-r2.ebuild
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ DEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0=
 	readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-${READLINE_VER}:0= )
 	nls? ( virtual/libintl )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7_p1
-	!<sys-apps/paludis-0.26.0_alpha5"
+	!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7_p1"
 # we only need yacc when the .y files get patched (bash42-005)
 DEPEND+=" virtual/yacc"
 
diff --git a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p12.ebuild b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p12.ebuild
index 603ce2f2b443e..2ebe6c54d4b34 100644
--- a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p12.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p12.ebuild
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ DEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2:0=
 	readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-${READLINE_VER}:0= )
 	nls? ( virtual/libintl )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7_p1
-	!<sys-apps/paludis-0.26.0_alpha5"
+	!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7_p1"
 # we only need yacc when the .y files get patched (bash42-005)
 #DEPEND+=" virtual/yacc"
 
diff --git a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p23.ebuild b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p23.ebuild
index c11c5b32237a0..a7101773aeb93 100644
--- a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p23.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.4_p23.ebuild
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 	!<sys-apps/portage-2.1.6.7_p1
-	!<sys-apps/paludis-0.26.0_alpha5
 "
 # we only need yacc when the .y files get patched (bash42-005)
 #DEPEND+=" virtual/yacc"