diff --git a/devel/py-cfn-lint/Makefile b/devel/py-cfn-lint/Makefile
index d58b50e51cf9..63f578e43cb2 100644
--- a/devel/py-cfn-lint/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-cfn-lint/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}aws-sam-translator>=1.38.0:devel/py-aws-sam-
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>=1.11:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>5.4:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-py36_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-resources>=1.4:devel/py-importlib-resources@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 USES=		python:3.6-3.9
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
diff --git a/devel/py-pydantic/Makefile b/devel/py-pydantic/Makefile
index 8c0a1bf1a004..b34d77f1558f 100644
--- a/devel/py-pydantic/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pydantic/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=3.7.4.3:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
-py36_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dataclasses>=0.6:devel/py-dataclasses@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cpe python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
diff --git a/textproc/py-duecredit/Makefile b/textproc/py-duecredit/Makefile
index 9013cf01686d..4558a006076f 100644
--- a/textproc/py-duecredit/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-duecredit/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}citeproc-py>=0.4:textproc/py-citeproc-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
-py36_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-metadata>=0:devel/py-importlib-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
diff --git a/textproc/py-gensim/Makefile b/textproc/py-gensim/Makefile
index 946578ed81ca..3a9508b930cf 100644
--- a/textproc/py-gensim/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-gensim/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0.18.1:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}smart-open>=1.8.1:net/py-smart-open@${PY_FLAVOR}
-py36_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dataclasses>=0:devel/py-dataclasses@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist