diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/ebtables/ebtables_2.0.11.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/ebtables/ebtables_2.0.11.bb
index bc33c18c0b..7b8027259f 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-filter/ebtables/ebtables_2.0.11.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-filter/ebtables/ebtables_2.0.11.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=53b4a999993871a28ab1488fdbd2e73e"
 SECTION = "net"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "bash perl"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "bash"
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "kernel-module-ebtables \
     "