diff --git a/ghc-regex-base.spec b/ghc-regex-base.spec
index 766d2be..90292e4 100644
--- a/ghc-regex-base.spec
+++ b/ghc-regex-base.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 %global common_description Interface API for regex-{posix,pcre,parsec,tdfa,dfa}.
 
-%global ghc_pkg_deps 
-
 # debuginfo is not useful for ghc
 %global debug_package %{nil}