diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
index df65478b40..4d962ab5d9 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=dcf3c825659e82539645da41a7908589"
 
 HOMEPAGE = "http://directfb.org"
-DEPENDS = "jpeg libpng sysfsutils"
+DEPENDS = "jpeg libpng"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/DirectFB-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://configurefix.patch \