diff --git a/media-video/tartube/metadata.xml b/media-video/tartube/metadata.xml
index 6457f96..954056f 100644
--- a/media-video/tartube/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-video/tartube/metadata.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     </maintainer>
     <use>
         <flag name="atomicparsley">Use AtomicParsley for embedding thumbnails in audio files</flag>
-        <flag name="ffmpeg">Required for various video post-processing tasks</flag>
     </use>
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="github">axcore/tartube</remote-id>
diff --git a/media-video/tartube/tartube-2.3.110.ebuild b/media-video/tartube/tartube-2.3.110.ebuild
index 6fb506b..67079d2 100644
--- a/media-video/tartube/tartube-2.3.110.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/tartube/tartube-2.3.110.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
 
 inherit xdg distutils-r1
 
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@ fi
 RESTRICT="mirror"
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+atomicparsley +ffmpeg"
+IUSE="+atomicparsley"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pygobject[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	net-misc/youtube-dl
 	x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme
 	atomicparsley? (
 		media-video/atomicparsley
 	)
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg
-	)
 "
 
 DOCS=(
diff --git a/media-video/tartube/tartube-9999.ebuild b/media-video/tartube/tartube-9999.ebuild
index 6fb506b..67079d2 100644
--- a/media-video/tartube/tartube-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/tartube/tartube-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{6,7,8} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} )
 
 inherit xdg distutils-r1
 
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@ fi
 RESTRICT="mirror"
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="+atomicparsley +ffmpeg"
+IUSE="+atomicparsley"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/pygobject[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	net-misc/youtube-dl
 	x11-themes/adwaita-icon-theme
 	atomicparsley? (
 		media-video/atomicparsley
 	)
-	ffmpeg? (
-		media-video/ffmpeg
-	)
 "
 
 DOCS=(