diff --git a/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk b/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
index 5a0c6a44b89d..018363f367fd 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-xcvrd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 SONIC_XCVRD_PY2 = sonic_xcvrd-1.0-py2-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-xcvrd
-$(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY2) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY2)
+$(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY2) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY2)
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)_DEBS_DEPENDS = $(LIBSWSSCOMMON) $(PYTHON_SWSSCOMMON)
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)_PYTHON_VERSION = 2
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2)
 
 SONIC_XCVRD_PY3 = sonic_xcvrd-1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-platform-daemons/sonic-xcvrd
-$(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3) $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)
+$(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3) $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY2) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3)
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)_DEBS_DEPENDS = $(LIBSWSSCOMMON) $(PYTHON3_SWSSCOMMON)
 $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_XCVRD_PY3)