diff --git a/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb b/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
index fb54b2ad1a..ca6f9b69ac 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Contributions/example-formula.rb
@@ -159,12 +159,9 @@ class ExampleFormula < Formula
   depends_on :arch => :ppc # Only builds on PowerPC?
   depends_on :ld64 # Sometimes ld fails on `MacOS.version < :leopard`. Then use this.
   depends_on :x11 # X11/XQuartz components.
-  depends_on :libpng # Often, not all of X11 is needed.
-  depends_on :fontconfig
   # autoconf/automake is sometimes needed for --HEAD checkouts:
   depends_on :bsdmake
   depends_on :libtool
-  depends_on :libltdl
   depends_on :mysql => :recommended
   # It is possible to only depend on something if
   # `build.with?` or `build.without? 'another_formula'`: