diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.26.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.26.2.bb
index 00c09b2995..253b334367 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.26.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.26.2.bb
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-unittest \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-shell \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-doctest \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-datetime \
-                  ${PYTHON_PN}-distutils \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-misc \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-mmap \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-netclient \