diff --git a/packages/network/libnl/package.mk b/packages/network/libnl/package.mk
index 63a9ae8da4..3b04db8e17 100644
--- a/packages/network/libnl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/libnl/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://people.suug.ch/~tgr/libnl/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libnl: libnl - netlink library"