diff --git a/pcl_ros/package.xml b/pcl_ros/package.xml
index 67416087..42f9b9a7 100644
--- a/pcl_ros/package.xml
+++ b/pcl_ros/package.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
   <depend>std_msgs</depend>
   <depend>tf</depend>
   <depend>tf2_eigen</depend>
-  <!-- qtbase5-dev needed due to error in qt5 -->
-  <depend>qtbase5-dev</depend>
 
   <test_depend>rostest</test_depend>