diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index dc52d69a1d..4e546fb86f 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ librsvg2-bin [doc platform:dpkg]
 
 # these are needed to build images
 
-# NOTE apparmor is an undeclared dependency for docker on ubuntu,
-# see https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9745
-apparmor [platform:dpkg imagebuild]
 gnupg [imagebuild]
 squashfs-tools [platform:dpkg platform:redhat imagebuild]
 squashfs [platform:suse imagebuild]
diff --git a/devstack/files/bindep.txt b/devstack/files/bindep.txt
index 820f9b8b0f..e2c428fbb5 100644
--- a/devstack/files/bindep.txt
+++ b/devstack/files/bindep.txt
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ gdisk [platform:dpkg]
 
 # these are needed to build a deploy ramdisk
 
-# NOTE apparmor is an undeclared dependency for docker on ubuntu,
-# see https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/9745
-apparmor [platform:dpkg imagebuild]
 gnupg [imagebuild]
 squashfs-tools [platform:dpkg platform:redhat imagebuild]
 squashfs [platform:suse imagebuild]