diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb-native_5.1.67.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb-native_5.1.67.bb
index 01eb9649ec..a55c2ab6ae 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb-native_5.1.67.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb-native_5.1.67.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ PROVIDES += "mysql5-native"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = ""
 PACKAGES = ""
-DEPENDS = "ncurses-native"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
 EXTRA_OECONF = " --with-embedded-server "