diff --git a/Formula/lib/libxmlsec1.rb b/Formula/lib/libxmlsec1.rb
index 35a6cc5f988a..1f1ffca817a7 100644
--- a/Formula/lib/libxmlsec1.rb
+++ b/Formula/lib/libxmlsec1.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Libxmlsec1 < Formula
   end
 
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
-  depends_on xcode: :build
   depends_on "gnutls" # Yes, it wants both ssl/tls variations
   depends_on "libgcrypt"
   depends_on "libxml2"