diff --git a/packages/devel/pkg-config/package.mk b/packages/devel/pkg-config/package.mk
index 2adaab5765..c6f00adaf3 100644
--- a/packages/devel/pkg-config/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/pkg-config/package.mk
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ PKG_SHA256="6fc69c01688c9458a57eb9a1664c9aba372ccda420a02bf4429fe610e7e7d591"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/"
 PKG_URL="http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gettext:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="gettext:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A system for managing library compile/link flags that works with automake and autoconf."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+local-cc"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-silent-rules \
                          --with-internal-glib --disable-dtrace \