diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
index 369a4586e8..ad267c5c94 100644
--- a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ OPKG_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 HOST_OPKG_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY) \
-	host-diffutils \
 	host-lz4 \
 	host-xz