diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/a5ds.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/a5ds.conf
index e7180e9d..f7d35e73 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/a5ds.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/a5ds.conf
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ SERIAL_CONSOLES = "115200;ttyAMA0"
 
 IMAGE_FSTYPES += "tar.bz2 cpio.gz"
 
-EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "u-boot"
-
 # Cortex-a5 u-boot configuration
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "designstart_ca5_defconfig"
 UBOOT_IMAGE_ENTRYPOINT = "0x84000000"