diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-2.2.8.recipe b/media-video/vlc/vlc-2.2.8.recipe
index 3d4943e63..bbfeb7122 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-2.2.8.recipe
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-2.2.8.recipe
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ REQUIRES="
 	lib:libtag$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libtheoradec$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libtheoraenc$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libthreadutil$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libtwolame$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libupnp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libvorbis$secondaryArchSuffix