diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index d77001420..e285692f4 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-cantools \
     python3-cassandra-driver \
     python3-cbor2 \
-    python3-cchardet \
     python3-cerberus \
     python3-certifi \
     python3-chardet \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-chardet_4.0.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-chardet_4.0.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 75fe4df8d..000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-chardet_4.0.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Universal encoding detector for Python 2 and 3"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a6f89e2100d9b6cdffcea4f398e37343"
-
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0d6f53a15db4120f2b08c94f11e7d93d2c911ee118b6b30a04ec3ee8310179fa"
-
-# setup.py of chardet needs this.
-DEPENDS += "${PYTHON_PN}-pytest-runner-native"
-
-inherit pypi setuptools3
-
-PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-cli"
-FILES:${PN}-cli += " \
-    ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/chardet/cli \
-"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-cli = "${PN} "
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN}:class-target += " \
-    ${PYTHON_PN}-logging \
-"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"