diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-debug.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-debug.bb
index d49f2249d8..a6280fbcf0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-debug.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-debug.bb
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     gdbserver \
     tcf-agent \
     openssh-sftp-server \
-    rsync \
     strace \
     ${MTRACE} \
     "