diff --git a/meta/packages/libnss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.7.bb b/meta/packages/libnss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.7.bb
index 306adb0ee6..04ee4d69de 100644
--- a/meta/packages/libnss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.7.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/libnss-mdns/libnss-mdns_0.7.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ LICENSE = "GPL"
 SECTION = "libs"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "avahi-daemon zeroconf"
 PR = "r0"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--libdir=/lib"