diff --git a/packages/debug/iftop/build b/packages/debug/iftop/build
index bb6dee2597..18c8890abf 100755
--- a/packages/debug/iftop/build
+++ b/packages/debug/iftop/build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #strip_lto
 
-export LIBS="-lpthread -ltinfo -lusb-1.0"
+export LIBS="-lpthread -ltinfo"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
diff --git a/packages/debug/iftop/meta b/packages/debug/iftop/meta
index 6ad4fefc5c..eb58ca6b48 100644
--- a/packages/debug/iftop/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/iftop/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://htop.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses libusb libpcap"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses libpcap"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="debug/tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="iftop: display bandwidth usage on an interface"