diff --git a/mingw-w64-qemu/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-qemu/PKGBUILD
index 2037793f88..6a5d5ec34a 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-qemu/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-qemu/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ _rc_base_ver="7.1.9${_rc_no}"
 _rc_file_ver="rc${_rc_no}"
 _tarname=$( [ -z "${_rc_no}" ] && echo ${_realname}-${_base_ver} || echo ${_realname}-${_base_ver}-${_rc_file_ver} )
 pkgver=$( [ -z "${_rc_no}" ] && echo ${_base_ver} || echo ${_rc_base_ver} )
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="QEMU - a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32' 'clangarm64')
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ depends=(
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-orc"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-p11-kit"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pango"
-  "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pcre"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pixman"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-SDL2"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-SDL2_image"
@@ -270,7 +269,6 @@ package_qemu-guest-agent() {
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libiconv"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libunwind"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libwinpthread"
-    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pcre"
   )
   # Split package depends
   depends+=(
@@ -307,7 +305,6 @@ package_qemu-image-util() {
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-nettle"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-nghttp2"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-openssl"
-    "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pcre"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-p11-kit"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib"
     "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zstd"