diff --git a/system/base/help2man/pspec.xml b/system/base/help2man/pspec.xml
index a137d9cd..6d549100 100644
--- a/system/base/help2man/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/help2man/pspec.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         <Name>help2man</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>perl-Locale-gettext</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>mkinitcpio</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>