diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
index d94e2ce301..67c67276d7 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/file/package.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="acc16f878576ad0bb29bbb7c724e29d2827f14ddb39fe94d76c3a859d4a3d0d9"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/file/file/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain file:host zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The file utility is used to determine the types of various files."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"