diff --git a/Formula/rpm.rb b/Formula/rpm.rb
index c0466b18bc..061f66b0e9 100644
--- a/Formula/rpm.rb
+++ b/Formula/rpm.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Rpm < Formula
     sha256 "984ba66c9306437aa22e0f9805e4daeae8bf1bf89c6a13f44f3d1ad91183b437" => :el_capitan
   end
 
-  depends_on "pkg-config" => :run
+  depends_on "pkg-config"
   depends_on "berkeley-db"
   depends_on "gettext"
   depends_on "libarchive"