diff --git a/meta/classes/mime-xdg.bbclass b/meta/classes/mime-xdg.bbclass
index 63169e990d1..5f900fcae75 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mime-xdg.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mime-xdg.bbclass
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # 'MimeType' in *.desktop files
 #
 
-DEPENDS += "desktop-file-utils"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "desktop-file-utils-native"
 DESKTOPDIR = "${datadir}/applications"
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
index c9072adf3b3..f4d2f5bb329 100644
--- a/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/mime.bbclass
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # This class is used by recipes installing mime types
 #
 
-DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('BPN', 'shared-mime-info', '', 'shared-mime-info', d)}"
 PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "shared-mime-info-native"
 MIMEDIR = "${datadir}/mime"