diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
index 95b05b5a0b..57e1b45e5f 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/"
 PKG_URL="https://fedorahosted.org/releases/e/l/elfutils/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="elfutils: collection of utilities to handle ELF objects"