diff --git a/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk b/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
index 53c1c7566d..fe4700b01e 100644
--- a/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libtirpc/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libtirpc/"
 PKG_URL="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libtirpc/libtirpc/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libtirpc: Transport Independent RPC Library"