diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.7.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.7.bb
index 3fd91e9..ffa2c49 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.7.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-support/upower/upower_0.99.7.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0de8fbf1d97a140d1d93b9f14dcfbf08"
 
-DEPENDS = "intltool-native libusb1 libgudev glib-2.0 dbus-glib polkit"
+DEPENDS = "intltool-native libusb1 libgudev glib-2.0 dbus-glib"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     http://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz \
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig gettext gobject-introspection systemd distro_features_check
 
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "polkit"
-
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[idevice] = "--with-idevice,--without-idevice,libimobiledevice libplist"
 PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--with-systemdutildir=${systemd_unitdir} --with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir}, \
@@ -34,6 +32,5 @@
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "dbus"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "pm-utils"
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/ \
-                ${datadir}/polkit-1/ \
                 ${base_libdir}/udev/* \
 "