diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index fc18936..650ac4f 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pkgbase = pamac-flatpak
 	depends = libpamac-flatpak
 	depends = libhandy
 	depends = libappindicator-gtk3
-	optdepends = polkit-gnome: needed for authentification in Cinnamon, Gnome
 	provides = pamac
 	conflicts = pamac
 	conflicts = pamac-cli
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 1f324cf..d95bcca 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'arm' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
 url="https://gitlab.manjaro.org/applications/pamac"
 license=('GPL3')
 depends=('libnotify' 'libpamac-flatpak' 'libhandy')
-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')
 provides=('pamac')