diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/rng-tools/rng-tools_6.16.bb b/meta/recipes-support/rng-tools/rng-tools_6.16.bb
index d23d6be34e..f0aa3ff93f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/rng-tools/rng-tools_6.16.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/rng-tools/rng-tools_6.16.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools"
 BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools/issues"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
-DEPENDS = "sysfsutils openssl libcap"
+DEPENDS = "openssl libcap"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://init \