diff --git a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
index 33b5210..5c9e442 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
 SRC_URI:append:rk-u-boot-env = " file://rockchip-enable-environment-mmc.cfg"
 SRCREV:rk-u-boot-env = "cdfcc37428e06f4730ab9a17cc084eeb7676ea1a"
 
-# various machines require the pyelftools library for parsing dtb files
-DEPENDS:append = " python3-pyelftools-native"
 DEPENDS:append:rk3308 = " u-boot-tools-native"
 DEPENDS:append:rock-pi-4 = " gnutls-native"
 DEPENDS:append:rk-u-boot-env = " u-boot-mkenvimage-native"