diff --git a/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
index bd9a1633e00..1714cb63d71 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mate-session-manager/template
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ configure_args="--disable-static --disable-systemd"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool glib-devel dbus-glib-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel dbus-glib-devel libSM-devel libXtst-devel mate-desktop-devel
  mate-settings-daemon-devel mate-polkit-devel pangox-compat-devel"
-depends="upower0"
 short_desc="The MATE Session Manager"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-2"