diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-crypto/libkcapi/libkcapi_1.2.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-crypto/libkcapi/libkcapi_1.2.1.bb
index a66504dd83..2d15e9ac0f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-crypto/libkcapi/libkcapi_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-crypto/libkcapi/libkcapi_1.2.1.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.chronox.de/libkcapi.html"
 LICENSE = "BSD | GPL-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c78be93ed8d1637f2a3f4a83ff9d5f54"
 
-DEPENDS = "libtool"
-
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "d41284525ec8960e9a828979cfe269012b7df8db"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
