diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index 784c5d325c..3c8b970668 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ RDEPENDS_packagegroup-meta-oe-devtools ="\
     mpich \
     msgpack-c \
     mercurial \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains("BBFILE_COLLECTIONS", "meta-python2", "nodejs", "", d)} \
+    nodejs \
     openocd \
     pax-utils \
     ipc-run \