diff --git a/utils/coreutils/Makefile b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
index 3ce36b8ec..4500e88e4 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ COREUTILS_APPLETS := \
 
 DEPENDS_sort = +libpthread
 DEPENDS_timeout = +librt
-DEPENDS_uptime = +libelf1
 DEPENDS_expr = +libgmp
 DEPENDS_factor = +libgmp