diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index c8308fc848d..eafcd597bb2 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Alexander Puck Neuwirth <alexander@neuwirth-informatik.de (2024-11-26)
+# Depends on removed vtk
+sci-biology/ants
+
 # Nowa Ammerlaan <nowa@gentoo.org> (2024-07-18)
 # Requires java openmpi bindings, no longer packaged.
 sci-biology/BBmap