diff --git a/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
index 2f9e7c6730..988d236009 100644
--- a/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="autoconf-archive: macros for autoconf"