diff --git a/meta/packages/gnome/gnome-vfs_2.16.3.bb b/meta/packages/gnome/gnome-vfs_2.16.3.bb
index 7cb4184ca3..77cb3a2fdf 100644
--- a/meta/packages/gnome/gnome-vfs_2.16.3.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/gnome/gnome-vfs_2.16.3.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ DEPENDS = "libxml2 gconf dbus bzip2 gnome-mime-data zlib"
 RRECOMMENDS = "gnome-vfs-plugin-file gnome-mime-data shared-mime-info"
 
 # This is to provide compatibility with the gnome-vfs DBus fork
-PROVIDES = "gnome-vfs-plugin-dbus"
 RPROVIDES = "gnome-vfs-plugin-dbus"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://gconftool-lossage.patch;patch=1;pnum=1"