diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
index f2912eb4d2..3c52be26d3 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.python.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="expat zlib bzip2 openssl libffi file"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host zlib:host expat:host"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python:host sqlite expat zlib bzip2 openssl libffi"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host expat:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python:host sqlite expat zlib bzip2 openssl libffi file"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="python: The Python programming language"