diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.6.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.6.1.bb
index c9ef40bf23..a48f78187b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.6.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.6.1.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/Linux-PAM-${PV}.tar.xz \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f8923c740159052d719dbfc2a2f81942d68dd34fcaf61c706a02c9b80feeef8e"
 
-DEPENDS = "bison-native flex-native cracklib libxml2-native virtual/crypt"
+DEPENDS = "bison-native flex-native libxml2-native virtual/crypt"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--includedir=${includedir}/security \
                 --libdir=${base_libdir} \