diff --git a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/README.md b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/README.md
index ac28edd4..6a9c2581 100644
--- a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/README.md
+++ b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ The package installs only:
 - `/sbin/mount.veracrypt`
 - `/usr/share/licenses/veracrypt/License.txt`
 
-`mount.veracrypt` uses a Bash shebang, so the OpenWrt package declares `bash`
-as a runtime dependency.
+`mount.veracrypt` is a POSIX shell script and runs with BusyBox `ash`, so the
+package does not depend on `bash`.
 
 ## Build
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The script downloads and verifies the OpenWrt SDK against a pinned SHA-256 for
 the supported release/target, downloads and verifies wxWidgets 3.2.10, installs
 the required OpenWrt feeds, renders
 `package/utils/veracrypt/Makefile` inside the SDK, builds the `.ipk`, and
-also builds the local userland `bash`, `fuse3`, `util-linux`, and `lvm2` feed
+also builds the local userland `fuse3`, `util-linux`, and `lvm2` feed
 packages used by the QEMU runtime test. Kernel modules for the stock OpenWrt
 image are resolved by the test from the official OpenWrt kmod feed for the
 selected release and target.
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ OpenWrt package symbols:
 
 - `libstdcpp`
 - `libfuse3`
-- `bash`
 
 OpenWrt's FUSE3 recipe defines `Package/libfuse3` with ABI version `3`, so the
 binary IPK and package-index metadata are emitted as `libfuse3-3` while still
diff --git a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/configs/x86_64-minimal.config b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/configs/x86_64-minimal.config
index 0b8e74b2..c2ef7590 100644
--- a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/configs/x86_64-minimal.config
+++ b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/configs/x86_64-minimal.config
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_x86_64_DEVICE_generic=y
 # CONFIG_DEVEL is not set
 
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_veracrypt=m
-CONFIG_PACKAGE_bash=m
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_libfuse3=m
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_fuse3-utils=m
 CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-fuse=m
diff --git a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/package/utils/veracrypt/Makefile.in b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/package/utils/veracrypt/Makefile.in
index a914b338..b5e7f67d 100644
--- a/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/package/utils/veracrypt/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Build/Packaging/openwrt/package/utils/veracrypt/Makefile.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ define Package/veracrypt
   SUBMENU:=Filesystem
   TITLE:=VeraCrypt console
   URL:=https://www.veracrypt.fr/
-  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libfuse3 +bash
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libfuse3
 endef
 
 define Package/veracrypt/description
diff --git a/src/Build/build_veracrypt_openwrt.sh b/src/Build/build_veracrypt_openwrt.sh
index 1951f5b2..de8c1a77 100755
--- a/src/Build/build_veracrypt_openwrt.sh
+++ b/src/Build/build_veracrypt_openwrt.sh
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ configure_sdk() {
 			rm -rf feeds/base feeds/packages
 			PATH="$HOST_TOOLS/bin:$PATH" ./scripts/feeds update packages base
 		fi
-		PATH="$HOST_TOOLS/bin:$PATH" ./scripts/feeds install fuse3 lvm2 util-linux pcsc-lite bash
+		PATH="$HOST_TOOLS/bin:$PATH" ./scripts/feeds install fuse3 lvm2 util-linux pcsc-lite
 		PATH="$HOST_TOOLS/bin:$PATH" make defconfig
 	)
 }
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ build_runtime_packages() {
 	(
 		cd "$SDK_DIR"
 		for target in \
-			package/feeds/packages/bash/compile \
 			package/feeds/packages/fuse3/compile \
 			package/feeds/base/util-linux/compile \
 			package/feeds/packages/lvm2/compile
diff --git a/src/Build/test_veracrypt_openwrt_qemu.py b/src/Build/test_veracrypt_openwrt_qemu.py
index 8ba0e466..11ec0eba 100755
--- a/src/Build/test_veracrypt_openwrt_qemu.py
+++ b/src/Build/test_veracrypt_openwrt_qemu.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ PREINSTALLED_PACKAGES = {
     "opkg",
 }
 DEFAULT_RUNTIME_PACKAGES = [
-    "bash",
     # OpenWrt emits the FUSE3 library IPK with its ABI suffix; it still
     # Provides: libfuse3.
     "libfuse3-3",