diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.1.bb
index cce9ce33e2..e5e5e048bd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pytest-runner_6.0.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
 DEPENDS += " \
     python3-setuptools-scm-native"
 
-RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-py python3-setuptools python3-debugger python3-json \
-                  python3-io"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-setuptools python3-debugger python3-json python3-io"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"