diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
index 4d94e2033e3..02c790ab37c 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/wjakob/pybind11"
 LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=774f65abd8a7fe3124be2cdf766cd06f"
 
-DEPENDS = "boost"
-
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git;branch=master;protocol=https \
            file://0001-Do-not-strip-binaries.patch \
            file://0001-Do-not-check-pointer-size-when-cross-compiling.patch \