diff --git a/lib/functions/host/basic-deps.sh b/lib/functions/host/basic-deps.sh
index 20bad3b14d..6dbcc0d867 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/basic-deps.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/basic-deps.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ function prepare_host_basic() {
 		"linux-version:linux-base"
 		"locale-gen:locales"
 		"git:git"
-		"wget:wget"
 	)
 
 	for check_pack in "${checklist[@]}"; do