diff --git a/sys-fs/bcachefs-kmod/bcachefs-kmod-1.31.4.ebuild b/sys-fs/bcachefs-kmod/bcachefs-kmod-1.31.4.ebuild
index dd7ea72..534cad2 100644
--- a/sys-fs/bcachefs-kmod/bcachefs-kmod-1.31.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/bcachefs-kmod/bcachefs-kmod-1.31.4.ebuild
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD ISC MIT Unicode-DFS-2016"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="debug +rootfs verify-sig"
 
-DEPEND=""
+DEPEND="~sys-fs/bcachefs-tools-${PV}"
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	~sys-fs/bcachefs-tools-${PV}"
+"
 
 BDEPEND=">=sys-kernel/linux-headers-6.16
 	verify-sig? ( >=sec-keys/openpgp-keys-kentoverstreet-20241012 )