diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-html2text_2024.2.26.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-html2text_2024.2.26.bb
index 4a7ce1e5bc..6200586e9b 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-html2text_2024.2.26.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-html2text_2024.2.26.bb
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     python3-unittest-automake-output \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-cgitb"
-
 do_install_ptest() {
 	install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test
 	cp -rf ${S}/test/* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/