diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index c8592f6717..f8e2aa9db7 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ if [ -f ${STAMP} ]; then
   rm -f ${STAMP}
 fi
 
-if [ -n "${PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK}" ]; then
-  for p in ${PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK}; do
-    ${SCRIPTS}/unpack "${p}" "${PARENT_PKG}"
-  done
-fi
 ${SCRIPTS}/unpack "${PKG_NAME}" "${PARENT_PKG}"
 
 # build dependencies, only when PKG_DEPENDS_? is filled
diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index 2224e8f4e3..0a8a62dbfc 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ pkg_lock_status "ACTIVE" "${PKG_NAME}" "unpack"
 
 ${SCRIPTS}/get "${PKG_NAME}"
 
+if [ -n "${PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK}" ]; then
+  for p in ${PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK}; do
+    ${SCRIPTS}/unpack "${p}" "${PARENT_PKG}"
+  done
+fi
+
 STAMP="${PKG_BUILD}/.libreelec-unpack"
 
 mkdir -p ${BUILD}