diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 92184a6529..9dcccdb959 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 build-essential [platform:dpkg]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
 gettext [platform:dpkg]
-python37 [platform:rpm py37]