diff --git a/packages/devel/autoconf/package.mk b/packages/devel/autoconf/package.mk
index 4826c8efc9..75427e80e0 100644
--- a/packages/devel/autoconf/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/autoconf/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://sources.redhat.com/autoconf/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host m4:host gettext:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host m4:host gettext:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="autoconf: A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code"