diff --git a/build/pkgs/rpy2/dependencies b/build/pkgs/rpy2/dependencies
index b88615716d4..60e624cf7ff 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/rpy2/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/rpy2/dependencies
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- r cffi tzlocal pytz jinja2 | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) pycparser $(PYTHON)
+ cffi tzlocal pytz jinja2 | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) pycparser $(PYTHON)
 
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