diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 62b0ef1bdd..447c511e26 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
 openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
-python-yaml [platform:dpkg]
 libre2-dev [platform:dpkg]
 re2-devel [platform:rpm]