diff --git a/rosbag2/package.xml b/rosbag2/package.xml
index 90417086bd..16f9370b4e 100644
--- a/rosbag2/package.xml
+++ b/rosbag2/package.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_compression</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_converter_default_plugins</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_cpp</exec_depend>
-  <exec_depend>rosbag2_py</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_storage</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_storage_default_plugins</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_transport</exec_depend>
diff --git a/rosbag2_py/AMENT_IGNORE b/rosbag2_py/AMENT_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2