diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/python_flit_core.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/python_flit_core.bbclass
index a0b1feb70a..c5480654f3 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/python_flit_core.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/python_flit_core.bbclass
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 inherit python_pep517 python3native python3-dir setuptools3-base
 
-DEPENDS += "python3 python3-flit-core-native"
+DEPENDS += "python3-flit-core-native"
 
 python_flit_core_do_manual_build () {
     cd ${PEP517_SOURCE_PATH}