diff --git a/Formula/php@7.1.rb b/Formula/php@7.1.rb
index 9414972f18..a32e2b7e5e 100644
--- a/Formula/php@7.1.rb
+++ b/Formula/php@7.1.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class PhpAT71 < Formula
   depends_on "mcrypt"
   depends_on "openldap"
   depends_on "openssl"
-  depends_on "pcre"
   depends_on "sqlite"
   depends_on "tidy-html5"
   depends_on "unixodbc"