diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
index d68ddff8a9..48bdd34a78 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/libass/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain freetype fontconfig enca fribidi"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain freetype fontconfig fribidi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libass: a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format."
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-test \
-                           --enable-enca \
                            --enable-fontconfig \
                            --disable-harfbuzz \
                            --disable-silent-rules \