diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/libtool-host/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/libtool-host/meta
index a32fae2a24..36b315c854 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/libtool-host/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/libtool-host/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/libtool.html"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache autoconf"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libtool: Generic library support script"