diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
index 7489ef61b0..a70a107dac 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ SUMMARY:packagegroup-base-wifi = "WiFi support"
 RDEPENDS:packagegroup-base-wifi = "\
     iw \
     wireless-regdb-static \
-    wpa-supplicant"
+"
 
 RRECOMMENDS:packagegroup-base-wifi = "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains('COMBINED_FEATURES', 'usbhost', 'kernel-module-zd1211rw', '',d)} \