diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
index bd3c80b0bc77d7bbb6f78c5d7578c6914898f981..de3b57d09d0cb10a552e1fc22f8965a8e8054d82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Point-to-Point Protocol Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption support");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ppp-compress-" __stringify(CI_MPPE));
-MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: arc4");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0.2");
 
 #define SHA1_PAD_SIZE 40