diff --git a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
index 681647ff31..ce1dc0cd1e 100644
--- a/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
+++ b/academic/ngspice/ngspice.info
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ MD5SUM="d588364ec384d4d981e954276b2c7df4 \
         64151afb0dc7461489f261e2e5a371ff"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="openmpi"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="R. S. Ananda Murthy"
 EMAIL="rsamurti@gmail.com"