diff --git a/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta b/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
index 858fe7dd3c..998ed9501d 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
 PKG_URL="http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="busybox bash"
+PKG_DEPENDS="busybox"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"