diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
index 94820c8491b8b88d413772972b916c80b91a17be..cc062ef347286cb8972da8cd046ecb9a05b5e9c0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-basemap/package.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ class PyBasemap(PythonPackage):
     depends_on('py-setuptools', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-matplotlib', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-pyproj@:1.99', type=('build', 'run'), when='@:1.2.0')
-    depends_on('py-pyproj', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pyproj@:1.99', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-pyshp', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('pil', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('geos')