diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-cheetah_2.4.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-cheetah_2.4.4.bb
index c07e969..8f2acea 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-cheetah_2.4.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-cheetah_2.4.4.bb
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
 inherit setuptools
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-pickle python-pprint"
-
 NATIVE_INSTALL_WORKS = "1"
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"