diff --git a/groups/140.native_packages_deps.group b/groups/140.native_packages_deps.group
index 10e4ff9..8792f3e 100644
--- a/groups/140.native_packages_deps.group
+++ b/groups/140.native_packages_deps.group
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ NATIVE_PACKAGES_DEPS_PYTHON="${PREFIX}/bin/python2";
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-nls --host=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --prefix= --program-prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET}"};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_MAKE_INSTALL_VNAME:=prefix};
 : ${PKG_LIBELF_PATCHES_EXTRA:="${BUILD_WORKDIR}/chainport/patches/libelf/libelf-${PKG_LIBELF_VERSION}.midipix.patch"};
-: ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_DEPENDS:="ncurses"};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_SHA256SUM:=750d437185286f40a369e1e4f4764eda932b9459b5ec9a731628393dd3d32334};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION:=7.0};
 : ${PKG_LIBREADLINE_URL:=ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-${PKG_LIBREADLINE_VERSION}.tar.gz};