diff --git a/package/putty/putty.mk b/package/putty/putty.mk
index 617518e647..ec65991f41 100644
--- a/package/putty/putty.mk
+++ b/package/putty/putty.mk
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ PUTTY_CONF_OPTS = -DPUTTY_GSSAPI=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3),y)
 PUTTY_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2),y)
-PUTTY_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)