diff --git a/package/yad/Config.in b/package/yad/Config.in
index 4a140f63d75..f908c79b8aa 100644
--- a/package/yad/Config.in
+++ b/package/yad/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_YAD
 	bool "yad"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_X11
 	help
 	  YAD (yet another dialog) is a tool for create graphical
 	  dialogs from shell scripts.
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/yad-dialog/
-
-comment "yad needs libgtk3 w/ X11 backend"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_X11
diff --git a/package/yad/yad.hash b/package/yad/yad.hash
index 0bb54d24a11..8a42cc565a6 100644
--- a/package/yad/yad.hash
+++ b/package/yad/yad.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Hash for license file
-sha256  5cab399af8d9a10b76d477f848180d00addba38f4f1272a05b153a393bba3038  yad-14.2.tar.xz
+sha256  7cf4dc136a643bf484ceab27d9b28a513624dffe38a08731132c0e4e24073772  yad-15.0.tar.xz
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  COPYING
diff --git a/package/yad/yad.mk b/package/yad/yad.mk
index 06adf6f20eb..7a363e4d2f7 100644
--- a/package/yad/yad.mk
+++ b/package/yad/yad.mk
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 # yad
 #
 ################################################################################
-
-YAD_VERSION = 14.2
+# batocera - bump & remove gtk3 dependency
+YAD_VERSION = 15.0
 YAD_SOURCE = yad-$(YAD_VERSION).tar.xz
 YAD_SITE = https://github.com/v1cont/yad/releases/download/v$(YAD_VERSION)
 YAD_LICENSE = GPL-3.0
 YAD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-YAD_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-pkgconf libgtk3 $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+YAD_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 YAD_CONF_ENV = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
-YAD_CONF_OPTS = --enable-html=no --with-gtk=gtk3
+YAD_CONF_OPTS = --enable-html=no
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))