diff --git a/rcl/package.xml b/rcl/package.xml
index 386bb0978..853d8d923 100644
--- a/rcl/package.xml
+++ b/rcl/package.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   <depend>tracetools</depend>
 
   <test_depend>ament_cmake_gtest</test_depend>
-  <test_depend>ament_cmake_pytest</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_lint_auto</test_depend>
   <test_depend>ament_lint_common</test_depend>
   <test_depend>rcpputils</test_depend>