diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.44.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.44.1.bb
index 8bfff43560..1132e9a9ed 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.44.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pygobject_3.44.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 
 inherit gnomebase setuptools3-base gobject-introspection upstream-version-is-even
 
-DEPENDS += "python3 glib-2.0 gobject-introspection"
+DEPENDS += "python3 glib-2.0"
 
 SRCNAME="pygobject"