diff --git a/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-1.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-1.2.1.ebuild
index f6b73337bb9b3..0de3c188e8b8f 100644
--- a/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-1.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-1.2.1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '>=dev-python/backports-csv-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' -2)
 	>=dev-python/configobj-5.0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pygments-2.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/tabulate-0.8.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-9999.ebuild
index 7d5022a9d7df2..0f8b17a25d1aa 100644
--- a/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cli_helpers/cli_helpers-9999.ebuild
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	$(python_gen_cond_dep '>=dev-python/backports-csv-1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' -2)
 	>=dev-python/configobj-5.0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pygments-2.4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/tabulate-0.8.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]