diff --git a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
index 8e866b6ced..11803e650f 100644
--- a/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/gettext/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/s/gettext/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="gettext: A program internationalization library and tools"