diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index 6a4d8ee709..5059b1e7a9 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host autoconf:host automake:host libtool:host intltool:host autoconf-archive:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-orient
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--enable-static --disable-shared"
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
 }