diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
index fa011251e2..8c31209f77 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cpio/cpio_2.15.bb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ do_install_ptest_base:append() {
 DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'ptest-runner', '', d)}"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'ptest-runner', '', d)}"

-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "ptest-runner coreutils"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "coreutils"

 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-rmt"