diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index 0cbe3964c4..c74114ee61 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -950,7 +950,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-ptest-packages = "\
     minicoredumper-ptest \
     oprofile-ptest \
     poco-ptest \
-    protobuf-ptest \
     psqlodbc-ptest \
     rsyslog-ptest \
     uthash-ptest \