diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
index ffd27d7b99..b918c70930 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ PURE_FTPD_SOURCE = pure-ftpd-$(PURE_FTPD_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PURE_FTPD_LICENSE = ISC
 PURE_FTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PURE_FTPD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pureftpd
-PURE_FTPD_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 
 PURE_FTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-altlog \