diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index a238315778..1a5885a12a 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),libglib2) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON),avahi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),dbus) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),ncurses) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_SINGLE),fftw-single) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),systemd)