diff --git a/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.8.9.ebuild b/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.8.9.ebuild
index 3891fb4b57..7617d7a9e2 100644
--- a/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.8.9.ebuild
+++ b/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.8.9.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~mips"
 
 DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libconfig
 	dev-libs/poco
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	dev-libs/spdlog