diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index 501fb83296..31cc9f353f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="bash kexec-tools hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs speedcontrol zip pciutils usbutils less procps-ng"
+PKG_DEPENDS="kexec-tools hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs speedcontrol zip pciutils usbutils less procps-ng"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"