diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.14.1.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.14.1.bb
index 620ddfb1cf..3a3f2cff2c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.14.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/lttng-tools_2.14.1.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ include lttng-platforms.inc
 
 DEPENDS = "liburcu popt libxml2 util-linux bison-native babeltrace2"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "libgcc"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${LTTNGMODULES}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "make perl bash gawk procps perl-module-overloading coreutils util-linux kmod ${LTTNGMODULES} sed python3-core grep binutils python3-multiprocessing"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest:append:libc-glibc = " glibc-utils"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest:append:libc-musl = " musl-utils"