diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
index 1e4719000f8..237ea947c7e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ inherit autotools-brokensep
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-DEPENDS = "groff-native"
-
 CVE_PRODUCT = "netwide_assembler"