diff --git a/package/ncurses/Makefile b/package/ncurses/Makefile
index 2c4a37662..9c682aca8 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/package/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ define Package/libncursesw
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=Terminal handling library (Unicode)
   URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
-  DEPENDS:=libncurses
   VARIANT:=libncursesw
 endef