diff --git a/RepositoryExternal.mk b/RepositoryExternal.mk
index 785b680541c4..1b73d4892e64 100644
--- a/RepositoryExternal.mk
+++ b/RepositoryExternal.mk
@@ -2707,7 +2707,6 @@ else # ! SYSTEM_LIBXSLT_FOR_BUILD
 
 define gb_ExternalExecutable__register_xsltproc
 $(call gb_ExternalExecutable_set_internal,xsltproc)
-$(call gb_ExternalExecutable_add_dependencies,xsltproc,$(call gb_Package_get_target,xslt))
 
 endef