diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
index 0bbe3780231..c6578f27de7 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 inherit setuptools3-base python_pep517
 
-DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-native python3-wheel-native"
+DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-native"
 
 SETUPTOOLS_BUILD_ARGS ?= ""