diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 0047829c51..e30523252a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ Features:
 
 * make us use dynamically fewer deps for containers in general purpose distros:
   o turn into dlopen() deps:
-    - elfutils (always)
     - p11-kit-trust (always)
     - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
     - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)