diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 49a67e1..ba5c3c6 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed for install and tests;
 # see https://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
-# libvirt-dev is needed by libvirt library.
+# libvirt-dev and pkg-config are required to compile libvirt-python package.
 libvirt-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-libvirt [platform:dpkg]
 pkg-config [platform:dpkg]
 
 libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg test]