diff --git a/targets/pseudo/userland/libexec/Makefile.depend b/targets/pseudo/userland/libexec/Makefile.depend
index 4c1e7a118410..a95ae4d98765 100644
--- a/targets/pseudo/userland/libexec/Makefile.depend
+++ b/targets/pseudo/userland/libexec/Makefile.depend
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ DIRDEPS = \
 	libexec/smrsh \
 	libexec/talkd \
 	libexec/tcpd \
-	libexec/telnetd \
 	libexec/tftp-proxy \
 	libexec/tftpd \
 	libexec/ulog-helper \