diff --git a/packages/network/samba/package.mk b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
index 53389eafe2..dbe8c49b74 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.samba.org"
 PKG_URL="http://samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib connman"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib attr"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib attr connman"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="samba: The free SMB / CIFS fileserver and client"
@@ -34,8 +33,7 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 if [ "$AVAHI_DAEMON" = yes ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS avahi"
-  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET avahi"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET avahi"
   SMB_AVAHI="--enable-avahi"
 else
   SMB_AVAHI="--disable-avahi"