diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index c3bbb78ced..ee3b0c797e 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="f77bd47cf8170c57365ae7bf86696c118adb3b120d3259c64c502d3dc1e2d926"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/"
 PKG_URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="ccache:host autotools:host linux:host gcc:bootstrap pigz:host Python3:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="ccache:host autotools:host linux:host gcc:bootstrap Python3:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="glibc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Glibc package contains the main C library."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+bfd"