diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb
index 2c17e53038..321c7b8f01 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bdfbf2677147239d2d26d4e37f44635d9fd97c133c9ef9fd9793a12a05
 
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
-DEPENDS = "gettext"
 PR = "r0"
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-${PV}.tar.bz2 \