diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/cppzmq_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/cppzmq_git.bb
index dfb0b14e3e..7189115092 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/cppzmq_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/cppzmq_git.bb
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DCPPZMQ_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-dev"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = "zeromq-dev"
+DEV_PKG_DEPENDENCY = ""