diff --git a/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif.inc b/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif.inc
index 2b7c0fa..511b668 100644
--- a/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif.inc
+++ b/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Osmux utility classes"
-DEPENDS = "libosmo-abis"
+DESCRIPTION = "Osmocom network interface library"
+DEPENDS = "libosmo-abis libtalloc lksctp-tools"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://git.osmocom.org"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
 
diff --git a/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif_git.bb b/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif_git.bb
index cc1795a..0aef031 100644
--- a/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-osmocom/libosmo-netif/libosmo-netif_git.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require ${PN}.inc
 
-DEPENDS += "libtalloc lksctp-tools"
-
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "9d726d0e56665b4439bb4efe782be06be2e83ffb"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.osmocom.org/libosmo-netif.git;protocol=git"