diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
index 094a12cf3d..2ca7bfca5b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/systemd.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS_append = " systemd systemd-systemctl-native"
+DEPENDS_append = " systemd-systemctl-native"
 
 systemd_postinst() {
 OPTS=""