diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
index 4b77980db2..c176677e73 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxml2/package.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://xmlsoft.org"
 PKG_URL="ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain zlib:host Python:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host Python:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libxml: XML parser library for Gnome"