diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
index 321d2c27c2a..4ebb771323f 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ WKS_FILE ?= "beaglebone-yocto.wks"
 # Setting this variable to "1" switches from zImage kernel to FIT image kernel
 FIT_IMAGE_KERNEL ?= "0"
 
-# Note: This is redundant if wic creates a separate /boot partition
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "${@'linux-yocto-fitimage' if d.getVar('FIT_IMAGE_KERNEL') == '1' else 'kernel-image kernel-devicetree'}"
-
 KERNEL_CLASSES += "${@'kernel-fit-extra-artifacts' if d.getVar('FIT_IMAGE_KERNEL') == '1' else ''}"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "\
     mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot \