diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
index 1e4719000f..837aaad9ab 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/nasm/nasm_3.01.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ DESCRIPTION = "The Netwide Assembler (NASM) is an assembler and disassembler for
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6178dc4f5355e40552448080e67a214b"
 
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
+
 SRC_URI = "http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/${PV}/nasm-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://0001-stdlib-Add-strlcat.patch \
            file://0002-Add-debug-prefix-map-option.patch \
@@ -19,6 +21,4 @@ inherit autotools-brokensep
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-DEPENDS = "groff-native"
-
 CVE_PRODUCT = "netwide_assembler"