diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index ee6cedb..34be0c1 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pkgbase = pamac-flatpak-gnome
 	depends = libpamac-flatpak
 	depends = libhandy
 	depends = libappindicator-gtk3
-	optdepends = polkit-gnome: needed for authentification in Cinnamon, Gnome
 	provides = pamac
 	provides = gnome-software
 	conflicts = pamac
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 0fe3ae1..49ba8a7 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'arm' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 url="https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac"
 license=('GPL3')
 depends=('libnotify' 'libpamac-flatpak' 'libhandy' 'libappindicator-gtk3')
-optdepends=('polkit-gnome: needed for authentification in Cinnamon, Gnome')
 makedepends=('gettext' 'itstool' 'vala>=0.45' 'meson' 'ninja' 'gobject-introspection' 'xorgproto' 'asciidoc')
 conflicts=('pamac' 'pamac-cli' 'pamac-classic' 'pamac-aur' 'pamac-aur-git' 'pamac-all' 'pamac-all-git' 'pamac-flatpak' 'gnome-software' 'pamac-tray-appindicator')
 provides=('pamac' 'gnome-software')