diff --git a/package/luacrypto/luacrypto.mk b/package/luacrypto/luacrypto.mk
index 42e20afdf3..b0e972c629 100644
--- a/package/luacrypto/luacrypto.mk
+++ b/package/luacrypto/luacrypto.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ LUACRYPTO_VERSION = $(LUACRYPTO_VERSION_UPSTREAM)-1
 LUACRYPTO_SUBDIR = luacrypto-$(LUACRYPTO_VERSION_UPSTREAM)
 LUACRYPTO_LICENSE = MIT
 LUACRYPTO_LICENSE_FILES = $(LUACRYPTO_SUBDIR)/COPYING
-LUACRYPTO_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter openssl
+LUACRYPTO_DEPENDENCIES = openssl
 
 $(eval $(luarocks-package))