diff --git a/uutf/_tags b/uutf/_tags

index 1bfe0bf..2ca0552 100644

--- a/uutf/_tags

+++ b/uutf/_tags

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

-true : bin_annot, safe_string, package(bytes), package(uchar)

+true : bin_annot, safe_string, package(bytes)

 <src> : include

diff --git a/uutf/opam b/uutf/opam

index 3894cc3..5d1f3c3 100644

--- a/uutf/opam

+++ b/uutf/opam

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ depends: [

   "ocamlfind" {build}

   "ocamlbuild" {build}

   "topkg" {build}

-  "uchar"

 ]

 depopts: ["cmdliner"]

 conflicts: ["cmdliner" { < "0.9.6"} ]

diff --git a/uutf/pkg/META b/uutf/pkg/META

index adc5f7d..dffa17e 100644

--- a/uutf/pkg/META

+++ b/uutf/pkg/META

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

 version = "1.0.2"

 description = "Non-blocking streaming Unicode codec for OCaml"

-requires = "bytes uchar"

+requires = "bytes"

 archive(byte) = "uutf.cma"

 archive(native) = "uutf.cmxa"

 plugin(byte) = "uutf.cma"