diff --git a/src/plugins/plugins.pro b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
index 87bde713e41bb3d0c02df5a4a279014b5192e586..c36d85faf27dc19445e19468a3645bf0625b634c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ plugin_qmlinspector.depends += plugin_debugger
 plugin_qmlinspector.depends += plugin_cpptools
 
 plugin_mercurial.subdir = mercurial
-plugin_mercurial.depends = plugin_texteditor
 plugin_mercurial.depends = plugin_vcsbase
 plugin_mercurial.depends += plugin_projectexplorer
 plugin_mercurial.depends += plugin_coreplugin