diff --git a/Neos.NodeTypes.ContentReferences/composer.json b/Neos.NodeTypes.ContentReferences/composer.json
index 72f828cf91e..d44575a56ba 100644
--- a/Neos.NodeTypes.ContentReferences/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.NodeTypes.ContentReferences/composer.json
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
         "GPL-3.0-or-later"
     ],
     "require": {
-        "neos/neos": "self.version",
-        "neos/nodetypes-basemixins": "self.version"
+        "neos/neos": "self.version"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {