diff --git a/packages/linux/package.mk b/packages/linux/package.mk
index cfe4769bc9..c6b45d8357 100644
--- a/packages/linux/package.mk
+++ b/packages/linux/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_NAME="linux"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host rsync:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="linux:host kmod:host xz:host keyutils openssl:host ${KERNEL_EXTRA_DEPENDS_TARGET}"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="linux:host kmod:host keyutils openssl:host ${KERNEL_EXTRA_DEPENDS_TARGET}"
 PKG_NEED_UNPACK="${LINUX_DEPENDS} $(get_pkg_directory initramfs) $(get_pkg_variable initramfs PKG_NEED_UNPACK)"
 PKG_LONGDESC="This package contains a precompiled kernel image and the modules."
 PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"