diff --git a/dev-python/tekore/tekore-1.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/tekore/tekore-1.4.0.ebuild
index 88c60d073f..93f8f55ce0 100644
--- a/dev-python/tekore/tekore-1.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/tekore/tekore-1.4.0.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_7 )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7} )
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -16,25 +16,16 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 SLOT="0"
 
-distutils_enable_sphinx docs/src
-
-# the enable_sphinx fucntion seems to act strange when there is only 1 PYTHON_COMPAT
-# repoman says:
-# dev-python/tekore/tekore-1.1.0.ebuild: BDEPEND: ~x86(default/linux/x86/17.0/systemd)
-# [     'dev-python/sphinx[python_targets_python3_7(-),python_single_target_python3_7(+)]']
-# therefore we overwrite the deps that the function adds here:
-BDEPEND="doc? (
-	dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/sphinx_rtd_theme[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/sphinx-autodoc-typehints[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
-
-RDEPEND="dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/httpx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	media-sound/spotify"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	~dev-python/httpx-0.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	media-sound/spotify
+	python_targets_python3_6? ( dev-python/dataclasses[python_targets_python3_6] )"
 
 DOCS="readme.rst"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+distutils_enable_sphinx docs/src dev-python/sphinx_rtd_theme dev-python/sphinx-autodoc-typehints
 
 python_test() {
 	pytest -vv tests/* || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"