diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index cfb48fa0ee..b8dbf964fb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ if  [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
   DISTRO=$(grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | cut -d "=" -f 2 | tr A-Z a-z)
 fi
 
-deps="wget bash bc gcc sed patch tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf zip unzip diff makeinfo xmlstarlet"
-deps_pkg="wget bash bc gcc sed patch tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf zip unzip diffutils texinfo xmlstarlet"
+deps="wget bash bc gcc sed patch tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf zip unzip diff makeinfo"
+deps_pkg="wget bash bc gcc sed patch tar bzip2 gzip perl gawk gperf zip unzip diffutils texinfo"
 
 files="/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h"
 files_pkg="libc6-dev libncurses5-dev"