diff --git a/packages/devel/mpfr/package.mk b/packages/devel/mpfr/package.mk
index 5633849cdd..5679a41d43 100644
--- a/packages/devel/mpfr/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/mpfr/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.mpfr.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="mpfr: A C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with exact roundi"