diff --git a/dev-utils/_unix/sed/sed.py b/dev-utils/_unix/sed/sed.py
index 29db4446..c3614d0d 100644
--- a/dev-utils/_unix/sed/sed.py
+++ b/dev-utils/_unix/sed/sed.py
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import info
 from Package.AutoToolsPackageBase import *
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/msys"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["virtual/base"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["dev-utils/m4"] = None
-        self.buildDependencies["libs/gettext"] = None
 
     def setTargets(self):
         self.description = "sed (stream editor) is a non-interactive command-line text editor."
         for ver in ["4.7"]:
             self.targets[ver] = f"http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-{ver}.tar.xz"
             self.targetInstSrc[ver] = f"sed-{ver}"
         self.targetDigests["4.7"] = (['2885768cd0a29ff8d58a6280a270ff161f6a3deb5690b2be6c49f46d4c67bd6a'], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA256)
         self.defaultTarget = "4.7"
 
 class Package(AutoToolsPackageBase):
     def __init__(self, **args):
         AutoToolsPackageBase.__init__(self)
-        # TODO: why is autoreconf broken
+        # we are a core dep so don't run autoreconf
         self.subinfo.options.configure.autoreconf = False
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