diff --git a/openstack/os-ken/os-ken.spec.j2 b/openstack/os-ken/os-ken.spec.j2
index 6a6a71b33..691d1c2e3 100644
--- a/openstack/os-ken/os-ken.spec.j2
+++ b/openstack/os-ken/os-ken.spec.j2
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('eventlet', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('lxml', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('mock', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('msgpack', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
-BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('ncclient', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('netaddr', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('nose', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}
 BuildRequires:  {{ py2pkg('oslo.config', py_versions=['py2', 'py3']) }}