diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d9fba4344..ff5d76e140 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -185,9 +185,18 @@ set(CPACK_DEB_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 set(CPACK_RPM_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${ROCM_SMI_PACKAGE}")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python3, rocm-core")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES}")
+
+# Add dependencies
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python3")
+# Only add dependency on rocm-core if -DROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON is given
+# carefully reuse DEB's "DEPENDS" for RPM's "REQUIRES"
+if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, rocm-core")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}-asan")
+endif()
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
+set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
 
 #Component Specific Configuration/Flags
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME ${ROCM_SMI_PACKAGE})
@@ -203,14 +212,10 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_TESTS_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_TESTS_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_STATIC_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_STATIC_PACKAGE_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}-asan")
-
 set(CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_RPM_TESTS_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_RPM_TESTS_PACKAGE_NAME}")
 set(CPACK_RPM_STATIC_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${CPACK_RPM_STATIC_PACKAGE_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}-asan")
-
 
 add_subdirectory("rocm_smi")
 add_subdirectory("oam")
@@ -364,17 +369,6 @@ set ( CPACK_RPM_POST_UNINSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RPM/post
 #Set the names now using CPACK utility
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME "DEB-DEFAULT")
 set(CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME "RPM-DEFAULT")
-# Remove dependency on rocm-core if -DROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON not given to cmake
-if(NOT ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core-asan" "" CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core-asan" "" CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_RPM_STATIC_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_STATIC_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_DEBIAN_STATIC_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_STATIC_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
-  string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
-endif()
 
 include (CPack)