diff --git a/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.7.3.ebuild b/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.7.3.ebuild
index c03bfcab6..c4a165f22 100644
--- a/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.7.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.7.3.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=pyproject.toml
-#https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/196
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..10} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
 
@@ -21,9 +20,7 @@ IUSE="powershell java"
 REQUIRED_USE="powershell? ( !x86 )
 			${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
-# waiting for the upstream
-# https://bugs.gentoo.org/684734
-# do we need Poetry?
+#https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/196
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 		dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.8.0.ebuild b/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.8.0.ebuild
index 83fee8583..5a89b107a 100644
--- a/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-exploits/empire/empire-4.8.0.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=7
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=pyproject.toml
-# https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/196
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=poetry
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..10} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
 
@@ -21,9 +20,7 @@ IUSE="powershell java"
 REQUIRED_USE="powershell? ( !x86 )
 			${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
-# waiting for the upstream
-# https://bugs.gentoo.org/684734
-# do we need Poetry?
+# https://github.com/BC-SECURITY/Empire/issues/196
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 		dev-python/urllib3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]