diff --git a/lang/python/files/python-package-ncurses.mk b/lang/python/files/python-package-ncurses.mk
index 04751ef83..bab941559 100644
--- a/lang/python/files/python-package-ncurses.mk
+++ b/lang/python/files/python-package-ncurses.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 define Package/python-ncurses
 $(call Package/python/Default)
   TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON_VERSION) ncurses module
-  DEPENDS:=+python-light +libncursesw
+  DEPENDS:=+python-light +libncurses
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call PyBasePackage,python-ncurses, \