diff --git a/homeassistant/components/ssdp/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/ssdp/manifest.json
index 2737565822d..a9ef8af8c90 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/ssdp/manifest.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/ssdp/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "domain": "ssdp",
   "name": "Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP)",
-  "after_dependencies": ["zeroconf"],
   "codeowners": [],
   "dependencies": ["network"],
   "documentation": "https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ssdp",
diff --git a/tests/test_requirements.py b/tests/test_requirements.py
index aa6f798023e..383ac9c012c 100644
--- a/tests/test_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/test_requirements.py
@@ -565,15 +565,13 @@ async def test_discovery_requirements_ssdp(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     ) as mock_process:
         await async_get_integration_with_requirements(hass, "ssdp_comp")
 
-    assert len(mock_process.mock_calls) == 5
+    assert len(mock_process.mock_calls) == 4
     assert mock_process.mock_calls[0][1][1] == ssdp.requirements
-    # Ensure zeroconf is a dep for ssdp
     assert {
         mock_process.mock_calls[1][1][0],
         mock_process.mock_calls[2][1][0],
         mock_process.mock_calls[3][1][0],
-        mock_process.mock_calls[4][1][0],
-    } == {"http", "network", "recorder", "zeroconf"}
+    } == {"http", "network", "recorder"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(