diff --git a/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
index 93038022d8..c69f2b0ef6 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/sed/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/sed/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="sysutils"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="sed: This is the GNU implementation of the POSIX stream editor"