diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-cli.spec b/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-cli.spec
index d5b89a45fa..cc130e4adb 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-cli.spec
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce-cli.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Packager: Docker <support@docker.com>
 
 # required packages on install
 Requires: /bin/sh
-Requires: containerd
 
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libtool-ltdl-devel
diff --git a/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec b/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
index f5ab519f41..2d8b0d6033 100644
--- a/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
+++ b/components/packaging/rpm/SPECS/docker-ce.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ Requires: libseccomp >= 2.3
 Requires: systemd-units
 Requires: iptables
 Requires: libcgroup
-# Should be required as well by docker-ce-cli but let's just be thorough
 Requires: containerd.io
 Requires: tar
 Requires: xz