diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-shells/zsh/zsh_5.9.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-shells/zsh/zsh_5.9.2.bb
index fe3f0e1354..37948b5ea5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-shells/zsh/zsh_5.9.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-shells/zsh/zsh_5.9.2.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECTION = "base/shell"
 LICENSE = "LicenseRef-zsh"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE;md5=1a4c4cda3e8096d2fd483ff2f4514fec"
 
-DEPENDS = "ncurses bison-native libcap libpcre2 groff-native"
+DEPENDS = "ncurses bison-native libcap groff-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/project/${BPN}/${BPN}/${PV}/${BP}.tar.xz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "36fa734374b44783582cec09bcd67822e2f992c779ec1624ab5596df078d2f81"