diff --git a/Mk/bsd.port.mk b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
--- a/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -4442,7 +4442,6 @@
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"pkgnamesuffix\":\"${PKGNAMESUFFIX}\", ;\
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"pkgorigin\":\"${PKGORIGIN}\", ;\
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"comment\":\"${COMMENT:Q:S/"/\\\"/g:S/\\\\*/*/g:S/\\\'/'/g}\", ;\
-	${ECHO_CMD} \"pkg_depends\":\"${PKG_DEPENDS}\", ;\
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"portepoch\":\"${PORTEPOCH}\", ;\
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"portname\":\"${PORTNAME}\", ;\
 	${ECHO_CMD} \"portrevision\":\"${PORTREVISION}\", ;\