diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-rpi.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-rpi.inc
index 00c97f6..715cd06 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-rpi.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-rpi.inc
@@ -129,22 +129,3 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
 
     yes '' | oe_runmake oldconfig
 }
-
-# Automatically depend on lzop-native if CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO is enabled
-python () {
-    try:
-        defconfig = bb.fetch2.localpath('file://defconfig', d)
-    except bb.fetch2.FetchError:
-        return
-
-    try:
-        configfile = open(defconfig)
-    except IOError:
-        return
-
-    if 'CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO=y\n' in configfile.readlines():
-        depends = d.getVar('DEPENDS', False)
-        d.setVar('DEPENDS', depends + ' lzop-native')
-
-    configfile.close()
-}