diff --git a/packages/devel/glib-host/meta b/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
index e5437223d0..31820ec6f8 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/glib-host/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus-host gtk-doc"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain gtk-doc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="glib-host: C support library"