diff --git a/src/utils/build_dependencies.py b/src/utils/build_dependencies.py
index c88ddbfb62..19ac978857 100755
--- a/src/utils/build_dependencies.py
+++ b/src/utils/build_dependencies.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ for src in glob.iglob('*.F90'):
     d = re.findall(r'\n\s*use\s+(\w+)',
                    open(src, 'r').read())
     for name in d:
-        if name in ['mpi', 'hdf5', 'h5lt']:
+        if name in ['mpi', 'hdf5', 'h5lt', 'petscsys', 'petscmat', 'petscksp',
+                    'petscsnes', 'petscvec']:
             continue
         if name.startswith('xml_data_'):
             name = name.replace('xml_data_', 'templates/')