diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
index e9fbfe3f93bfd..886d7f12a2e2a 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-42.0.2.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pytest-fixture-config[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		virtual/python-futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' -2)
 	)
 "
 PDEPEND="
diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-44.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-44.0.0.ebuild
index 07d5af2b66e96..0f44927d1033d 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-44.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-44.0.0.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pytest-fixture-config[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pytest-virtualenv[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/wheel[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		virtual/python-futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
+			dev-python/futures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		' -2)
 	)
 "
 PDEPEND="