diff --git a/community/python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD b/community/python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
index 0e7d2efc9..2c0721e4f 100644
--- a/community/python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/python-matplotlib/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 pkgbase=python-matplotlib
 pkgname=('python-matplotlib' 'python2-matplotlib')
 pkgver=2.2.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="A python plotting library, making publication quality plots"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='http://matplotlib.org'
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ checkdepends=('python-pytest-xdist' 'python2-pytest-xdist' 'python-pytest-runner
               'python2-pytest-runner' 'python2-mock' 'xorg-server-xvfb' 'texlive-core'
               'texlive-latexextra' 'imagemagick' 'ffmpeg' 'mencoder' 'inkscape' 'python-pandas'
               'python2-pandas' 'ttf-freefont')
-makedepends=('python2-pytz' 'python2-numpy' 'python2-pyqt4' 'python-pytz' 'python-numpy'
-             'python-pyqt4' 'tk' 'python-cairo' 'python2-cairo' 'python-dateutil'
+makedepends=('python2-pytz' 'python2-numpy' 'python-pytz' 'python-numpy'
+             'tk' 'python-cairo' 'python2-cairo' 'python-dateutil'
              'python2-dateutil' 'python-gobject' 'python2-gobject' 'python-pyparsing'
              'python2-pyparsing' 'pygtk' 'python-six' 'ghostscript' 'texlive-bin'
              'python-tornado' 'python2-tornado' 'gtk3' 'wxpython' 'python-pyqt5' 'python2-pyqt5'
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ package_python-matplotlib() {
            'python-cycler' 'python-kiwisolver' 'libxkbcommon-x11')
   optdepends=('python-gobject: for GTK3Agg/GTK3Cairo backend'
               'python-cairo: for GTK3Agg/GTK3Cairo backend'
-              'python-pyqt4: for Qt4Agg backend'
               'tk: used by the TkAgg backend'
               'ghostscript: usetex dependencies'
               'texlive-bin: usetex dependencies'
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ package_python2-matplotlib() {
            'python2-cycler' 'python2-kiwisolver' 'libxkbcommon-x11' 'python2-backports.functools_lru_cache')
   optdepends=('pygtk: for GTK/GTKAgg/GTKCairo backend'
               'python2-cairo: for GTKCairo/GTK3Cairo backend'
-              'python2-pyqt4: for Qt4Agg backend'
               'tk: used by the TkAgg backend'
               'ghostscript: usetex dependencies'
               'texlive-bin: usetex dependencies'