diff --git a/ntp-config/debian/deb_folder/control b/ntp-config/debian/deb_folder/control
index 8656bff..765d746 100644
--- a/ntp-config/debian/deb_folder/control
+++ b/ntp-config/debian/deb_folder/control
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ Depends:
   ${misc:Depends},
   libnet-ntp-perl,
   ntp,
-  ntpdate
 Description: StarlingX ntp Configuration File
  Initalizes file ntp.conf with default value and adds options for ntpd.