diff --git a/src/persistent/DEPENDENCIES.cfg b/src/persistent/DEPENDENCIES.cfg
index ca386cd98dca1f0ca021fea32504087d59e413b3..2ba45e95633d1be28ca5e388f26ac182c5e309c6 100644
--- a/src/persistent/DEPENDENCIES.cfg
+++ b/src/persistent/DEPENDENCIES.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-zope.interface
 # the following are needed by the tests
 transaction
 ZODB