diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/expand-on-first-boot/expand-on-first-boot_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-support/expand-on-first-boot/expand-on-first-boot_1.5.bb
index 2596706d..4b9cf376 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/expand-on-first-boot/expand-on-first-boot_1.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/expand-on-first-boot/expand-on-first-boot_1.5.bb
@@ -10,19 +10,7 @@ inherit dpkg-raw
 DESCRIPTION = "This service grows the last partition to the full medium during first boot"
 MAINTAINER = "isar-users <isar-users@googlegroups.com>"
 
-# Additional packages that are needed to resize the disk if it is encrypted.
-ADDITIONAL_DISK_ENCRYPTION_PACKAGES ?= ""
-DEBIAN_DEPENDS = " \
-    systemd, \
-    sed, \
-    grep, \
-    coreutils, \
-    mount, \
-    e2fsprogs, \
-    fdisk (>=2.29.2-3) | util-linux (<2.29.2-3), \
-    util-linux, \
-    ${ADDITIONAL_DISK_ENCRYPTION_PACKAGES} \
-    "
+DEBIAN_DEPENDS = "systemd, sed, grep, coreutils, mount, e2fsprogs, fdisk (>=2.29.2-3) | util-linux (<2.29.2-3), util-linux"
 
 SRC_URI = " \
     file://expand-on-first-boot.service \
