diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-terminal/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/mate-terminal/pspec.xml
index 2af76c2f83..b079ce8dc2 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-terminal/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-terminal/pspec.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
             <Dependency>gtk3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>dconf-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libSM-devel</Dependency>
-            <Dependency>appstream-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="1.27.0">mate-common</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>