diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/meta b/packages/devel/glib/meta
index 6cb1b80dae..4815e1009e 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.27/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib dbus"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib dbus gtk-doc glib-host"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib gtk-doc glib-host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="glib: C support library"