diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.177.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.177.bb
index 78c3791936..818794266c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.177.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/elfutils/elfutils_0.177.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://sourceware.org/elfutils"
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv3+ & GPLv3+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
-DEPENDS = "libtool bzip2 zlib virtual/libintl"
+DEPENDS = "bzip2 zlib virtual/libintl"
 DEPENDS_append_libc-musl = " argp-standalone fts musl-obstack "
 # The Debian patches below are from:
 # http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/elfutils/elfutils_0.176-1.debian.tar.xz