diff --git a/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf b/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
index 8cedcf0d0b..23c10ce339 100644
--- a/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-oe/conf/layer.conf
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_openembedded-layer = "6"
 LAYERVERSION_openembedded-layer = "1"
 
 LAYERDEPENDS_openembedded-layer = "core"
-LAYERDEPENDS_openembedded-layer = "meta-python"
 
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_openembedded-layer = "thud"