diff --git a/packages/devel/mpc/package.mk b/packages/devel/mpc/package.mk
index 46856a7f96..b19639627e 100644
--- a/packages/devel/mpc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/mpc/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.multiprecision.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host mpfr:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host mpfr:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="mpc: A C library for the arithmetic of high precision complex numbers"