diff --git a/openscap/README.adoc b/openscap/README.adoc
index 75e36d7c5..31716522a 100644
--- a/openscap/README.adoc
+++ b/openscap/README.adoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The plugin provides a Technique to execute the OpenSCAP tool at regular interval
 
 == Installation
 
-* Your Rudder server must have python-requests and rudder-api-client installed
+* Your Rudder server must have python-requests installed
 * Install the plugin on the Rudder Server with `rudder package install openscap`
 
 == Usage
diff --git a/openscap/packaging/metadata b/openscap/packaging/metadata
index f792bf482..b27b55bf7 100644
--- a/openscap/packaging/metadata
+++ b/openscap/packaging/metadata
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
   "version": "${plugin-version}",
   "build-date": "${maven.build.timestamp}",
   "build-commit": "${commit-id}",
-  "depends": {
-    "apt": [ "rudder-api-client" ],
-    "rpm": [ "rudder-api-client" ]
-  },
   "jar-files": [ "/opt/rudder/share/plugins/${plugin-name}/${plugin-name}/${plugin-name}.jar" ],
   "content": {
     "files.txz": "/opt/rudder/share/plugins/${plugin-name}/"