diff --git a/utils/hplip/Makefile b/utils/hplip/Makefile
index e3e8054bd7..71bf9a9156 100644
--- a/utils/hplip/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hplip/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0 GPL-2.0+
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING LICENSE
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:= python libcups
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libcups
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk