diff --git a/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/composefs/composefs_1.0.3.bb b/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/composefs/composefs_1.0.3.bb
index 7607b0a12c..98eb3e1b34 100644
--- a/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/composefs/composefs_1.0.3.bb
+++ b/meta-filesystems/recipes-support/composefs/composefs_1.0.3.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
     file://COPYINGv3;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504 \
     file://LICENSE.Apache-2.0;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57 \
 "
-DEPENDS = "fuse3 openssl"
+DEPENDS = "openssl"
 SRCREV = "2d5cdcb9176cfe4ccf1761ef6d78e1c48de35649"
 PV = "1.0.3"