diff --git a/packages/graphics/tiff/package.mk b/packages/graphics/tiff/package.mk
index 346772db2e..0c8dc841e4 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/tiff/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/tiff/package.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/"
 PKG_URL="http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libjpeg-turbo zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libjpeg-turbo zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="graphics"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libtiff: A library for reading and writing TIFF files"