diff --git a/packages/devel/bison/package.mk b/packages/devel/bison/package.mk
index bb5b1b5ee0..a140ff49ef 100644
--- a/packages/devel/bison/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/bison/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="bison: The GNU general-purpose parser generator"