diff --git a/package/gtkiostream/gtkiostream.mk b/package/gtkiostream/gtkiostream.mk
index bc3d859d4e..c748c7a000 100644
--- a/package/gtkiostream/gtkiostream.mk
+++ b/package/gtkiostream/gtkiostream.mk
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),y)
 GTKIOSTREAM_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2),y)
-GTKIOSTREAM_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3),y)
 GTKIOSTREAM_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3
 endif