diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/pm-utils/pm-utils_1.4.1.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/pm-utils/pm-utils_1.4.1.bb
index 961d7ddd59..c29eb0c4fd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/pm-utils/pm-utils_1.4.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/pm-utils/pm-utils_1.4.1.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
                     file://src/pm-pmu.c;beginline=1;endline=22;md5=3c1ddbc54e735fb4a0386e14c78a3147"
 
 PR = "r1"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "grep"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/releases/pm-utils-${PV}.tar.gz"