diff --git a/packages/devel/swig/package.mk b/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
index 4fce466f2f..051d336cb2 100644
--- a/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/swig/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.swig.org"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/swig/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host pcre:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host pcre:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="SWIG: a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages."