diff --git a/package/Makefile.package.in b/package/Makefile.package.in
index 2349b05af8..e85eb15490 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.package.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.package.in
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ else ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),hg)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += hg
 endif # SITE_METHOD
 
+DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += $(firstword $(INFLATE$(suffix $($(2)_SOURCE))))
+
 endif # $(2)_KCONFIG_VAR
 endef # GENTARGETS_INNER
 
diff --git a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
index 24d66663bb..ea8bf252bd 100644
--- a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
+++ b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.mk
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_STRIP_sstrip),y)
 DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ+=host-sstrip
 endif
 
-# Remove duplicate entries from $(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-DL_TOOLS = \
-	$(findstring svn,$(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES)) \
-	$(findstring git,$(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES)) \
-	$(findstring bzr,$(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES))
-
 core-dependencies:
 	@HOSTCC="$(firstword $(HOSTCC))" MAKE="$(MAKE)" \
 		CONFIG_FILE="$(CONFIG_DIR)/.config" \
-		DL_TOOLS="$(DL_TOOLS)" \
+		DL_TOOLS="$(sort $(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES))" \
 		$(TOPDIR)/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh
 
 dependencies: core-dependencies $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)