diff --git a/packages/toolchain/lang/Python-host/meta b/packages/toolchain/lang/Python-host/meta
index a6bc76c431..02ab8771ac 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/lang/Python-host/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/lang/Python-host/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.python.org/"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib-host expat-host"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache zlib-host expat-host"
+PKG_DEPENDS="expat-host"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache zlib:host expat-host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="python: The Python programming language"