diff --git a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.284.recipe b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.284.recipe
index ae86f1c8d..54eefefa9 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.284.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/mame/mame-0.284.recipe
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libSDL2_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libSDL2_ttf_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libsqlite3$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libutf8proc$secondaryArchSuffix >= 2
+	devel:libutf8proc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="