diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
index d8ea8cda9b..f837a22878 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_6.9.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe \
                     file://src/ls.c;startline=4;endline=16;md5=482a96d4f25010a4e13f8743e0c3685e"
 PR = "r1"
-DEPENDS = "perl-native coreutils-native-${PV} gettext "
+DEPENDS = "perl-native coreutils-native-${PV}"
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "perl-native gettext-native"
 
 inherit autotools gettext