diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index fda49b1c..94bbc34e 100755
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
       <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false" />
     </config-file>
     <source-file src="src/android/QRScanner.java" target-dir="src/com/bitpay/cordova/qrscanner"/>
-    <dependency id="cordova-plugin-compat" version="^1.0.0" />
     <framework src="src/android/qrscanner.gradle" custom="true" type="gradleReference"/>
   </platform>