diff --git a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
index 5b15bd8f42..5c0b319ade 100644
--- a/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/bzip2/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.bzip.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.bzip.org/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="compress"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="bzip2 data compressor"