diff --git a/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/package.mk
index f5f0ee4a8b..a729cd6fd0 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="Public Domain"
 PKG_SITE="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="timezone-data"