diff --git a/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass b/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass
index b1441e65dd..8f5479e922 100644
--- a/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/setuptools_build_meta.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 inherit pip_install_wheel setuptools3-base
 
-DEPENDS += "python3 python3-setuptools-native python3-wheel-native"
+DEPENDS += "python3-setuptools-native python3-wheel-native"
 
 setuptools_build_meta_do_configure () {
     mkdir -p ${S}/dist