diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.20.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.20.bb
index d25a20ae01..21bc408f6d 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.20.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-multimedia/vlc/vlc_3.0.20.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "coreutils-native fribidi libtool libgcrypt libgcrypt-native bison-nat
    dbus libxml2 gnutls \
    tremor faad2 ffmpeg flac alsa-lib \
    lua-native lua libidn \
-   avahi jpeg xz libmodplug mpeg2dec \
+   avahi jpeg xz libmodplug \
    libmtp libopus orc libsamplerate0 libusb1 schroedinger taglib \
    tiff"