diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.22.1.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.22.1.bb
index 57784aebc3..3c63d33727 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.22.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/epiphany/epiphany_3.22.1.bb
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ SUMMARY = "WebKit based web browser for GNOME"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
 
-DEPENDS = "libsoup-2.4 webkitgtk gtk+3 iso-codes ca-certificates avahi libnotify gcr libwnck3 \
+DEPENDS = "libsoup-2.4 webkitgtk gtk+3 iso-codes ca-certificates avahi libnotify gcr \
 	   gsettings-desktop-schemas gnome-desktop3 libxml2-native intltool-native"
 
 inherit gnomebase gsettings distro_features_check upstream-version-is-even
-# libwnck3 is x11 only
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-yelp.m4-drop-the-check-for-itstool.patch"
@@ -22,4 +21,3 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/appdata ${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/gnome-shell/search-providers"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "iso-codes adwaita-icon-theme"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "ca-certificates"
-