diff --git a/packages/devel/ppl/package.mk b/packages/devel/ppl/package.mk
index 07a483cbb3..ac2d49de04 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ppl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ppl/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl"
 PKG_URL="http://bugseng.com/products/ppl/download/ftp/snapshots/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host gmp:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="ppl: Parma Polyhedra Library"