diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index 4d86ef9775..e252c0850b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ RDEPENDS_packagegroup-meta-oe-devtools ="\
     mpich \
     msgpack-c \
     mercurial \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS", "meta-python2", "nodejs", "", d)} \
+    nodejs \
     openocd \
     pax-utils \
     ipc-run \