diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index 2ff88e6264..65f23cfe9e 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-py-ubjson \
     python3-pyalsaaudio \
     python3-pyasn1-modules \
-    python3-pyatspi \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "gobject-introspection-data ${GTK2DISTROFEATURES}", "python3-pyatspi", "", d)} \
     python3-pyaudio \
     python3-pybind11 \
     python3-pybind11-json \