diff --git a/bin/dune_init.ml b/bin/dune_init.ml
index 409949d597f..db72fdf9b52 100644
--- a/bin/dune_init.ml
+++ b/bin/dune_init.ml
@@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ module Component = struct
               [ { Package_dependency.name = Package.Name.of_string "ocaml"
                 ; constraint_ = None
                 }
-              ; { name = Package.Name.of_string "dune"; constraint_ = None }
               ]
         in
         let packages = Package.Name.Map.singleton (Package.name package) package in
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/dune-init.t/run.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/dune-init.t/run.t
index 9b13c2c9d33..d874281a37f 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/dune-init.t/run.t
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/dune-init.t/run.t
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ In particular, the `dune-project` file has the expected content:
    (name new_exec_proj)
    (synopsis "A short synopsis")
    (description "A longer description")
-   (depends ocaml dune)
+   (depends ocaml)
    (tags
     ("add topics" "to describe" your project)))
   
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ And the opam file will be generated as expected
   doc: "https://url/to/documentation"
   bug-reports: "https://github.com/username/reponame/issues"
   depends: [
-    "ocaml"
     $dune {>= "3.17"}
+    "ocaml"
     "odoc" {with-doc}
   ]
   build: [
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ In particular, the `dune-project` file has the expected content:
    (name new_lib_proj)
    (synopsis "A short synopsis")
    (description "A longer description")
-   (depends ocaml dune)
+   (depends ocaml)
    (tags
     ("add topics" "to describe" your project)))
   
@@ -494,8 +494,8 @@ And the opam file will be generated as expected
   doc: "https://url/to/documentation"
   bug-reports: "https://github.com/username/reponame/issues"
   depends: [
-    "ocaml"
     "dune" {>= "3.17"}
+    "ocaml"
     "odoc" {with-doc}
   ]
   build: [