diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.11.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.11.1.bb
index 6b768140f3..f94ef3637b 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.11.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.11.1.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ SUMMARY = "Seamless operability between C++11 and Python"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=774f65abd8a7fe3124be2cdf766cd06f"
-DEPENDS = "boost"
 
 SRCREV = "8a099e44b3d5f85b20f05828d919d2332a8de841"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git;branch=stable;protocol=https"