diff --git a/app-emacs/bind-chord/bind-chord-2.4.4-r1.ebuild b/app-emacs/bind-chord/bind-chord-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
index 46951d54b122..1f852c0d5bc0 100644
--- a/app-emacs/bind-chord/bind-chord-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-emacs/bind-chord/bind-chord-2.4.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
 
-RDEPEND="
-	>=app-editors/emacs-${NEED_EMACS}
-	app-emacs/key-chord
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
-"
+RDEPEND="app-emacs/key-chord"
+BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 SITEFILE="50${PN}-gentoo.el"