diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encodings_1.0.4.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encodings_1.0.4.bb
index cf7b3e3609..90846d8185 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encodings_1.0.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encodings_1.0.4.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PE = "1"
 PR = "${INC_PR}.1"
 
 DEPENDS = "mkfontscale-native font-util-native"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = ""
 
 SRC_URI += "file://nocompiler.patch"