diff --git a/eclass/ecm.eclass b/eclass/ecm.eclass
index 6393c1c1d76..d871eb090ab 100644
--- a/eclass/ecm.eclass
+++ b/eclass/ecm.eclass
@@ -277,11 +277,6 @@ BDEPEND+="
 	>=kde-frameworks/extra-cmake-modules-${KFMIN}:*
 "
 RDEPEND+=" >=kde-frameworks/kf-env-4"
-if [[ ${_KFSLOT} == 6 ]]; then
-	COMMONDEPEND+=" dev-qt/qtbase:${_KFSLOT}"
-else
-	COMMONDEPEND+=" dev-qt/qtcore:${_KFSLOT}"
-fi
 
 DEPEND+=" ${COMMONDEPEND}"
 RDEPEND+=" ${COMMONDEPEND}"