diff --git a/contrib/dependencies/apt-cross-packages.sh b/contrib/dependencies/apt-cross-packages.sh
index ad9ebfca6..e7a31f219 100755
--- a/contrib/dependencies/apt-cross-packages.sh
+++ b/contrib/dependencies/apt-cross-packages.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ fi
 	libssl-dev:"${DEBIAN_ARCH}" \
 	libtraceevent-dev:"${DEBIAN_ARCH}" \
 	libtracefs-dev:"${DEBIAN_ARCH}" \
-	ncurses-dev:"${DEBIAN_ARCH}" \
 	uuid-dev:"${DEBIAN_ARCH}" \
 	build-essential \
 	pkg-config \