diff --git a/package/libubox/libubox.mk b/package/libubox/libubox.mk
index 7ff3c16baa..e6d95b771f 100644
--- a/package/libubox/libubox.mk
+++ b/package/libubox/libubox.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIBUBOX_VERSION = 5a0bbefc8fa440446253b171d0ac038d839360e3
 LIBUBOX_SITE = git://nbd.name/luci2/libubox.git
 LIBUBOX_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1, GPLv2, BSD-3c, MIT
 LIBUBOX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBUBOX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C),json-c)
+LIBUBOX_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C),json-c)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_USE_MMU)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1),yy)
 LIBUBOX_DEPENDENCIES += lua