diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/nano/nano_8.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/nano/nano_8.3.bb
index c6ca55f444..d1af89ef8d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/nano/nano_8.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/nano/nano_8.3.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f27defe1e96c2e1ecd4e0c9be8967949"
 
-DEPENDS = "ncurses file"
+DEPENDS = "ncurses"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "ncurses-terminfo-base"
 
 PV_MAJOR = "${@d.getVar('PV').split('.')[0]}"