diff --git a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
index 78cb294ec6..9435649d00 100644
--- a/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/fakeroot/package.mk
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
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 PKG_NAME="fakeroot"
-PKG_VERSION="1.20.2"
+PKG_VERSION="1.18.4"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL3"
 PKG_SITE="http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.orig.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host libcap:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="fakeroot: provides a fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SYSV IPC (or TCP) trickery."