diff --git a/src/deps-ppc64le.txt b/src/deps-ppc64le.txt
index 416aab08e0..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/src/deps-ppc64le.txt
+++ b/src/deps-ppc64le.txt
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# this file needs to exist even if empty