diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/meta b/packages/lang/Python/meta
index 89bea6c220..6714f5032b 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/meta
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/meta
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.python.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="openssl zlib libffi file"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain expat-host sqlite expat openssl zlib libffi"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib openssl libffi file"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain expat-host sqlite expat zlib openssl libffi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="python: The Python programming language"