diff --git a/Utilities/ReleaseScripts/scripts/CMSSWReleaseDependency.rules b/Utilities/ReleaseScripts/scripts/CMSSWReleaseDependency.rules
index f401c6294a12a..293e5392c0b79 100644
--- a/Utilities/ReleaseScripts/scripts/CMSSWReleaseDependency.rules
+++ b/Utilities/ReleaseScripts/scripts/CMSSWReleaseDependency.rules
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ TauAnalysis/MCEmbeddingTools/.* : GeneratorInterface/.*
 
 #f77compiler exception
 Generator.*                      : f77compiler
-ElectroWeakAnalysis/Utilities/.* : f77compiler
 
 #FastSim exception
 FastSimulation/.*                : FastSimulation/.*