diff --git a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
index e2b48cfb4c..29c5e66cd1 100644
--- a/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-luarocks.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ $(2)_SITE		?= $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_LUAROCKS_MIRROR))
 
 # Since we do not support host-luarocks-package, we know this is
 # a target package, and can just add the required dependencies
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES	+= host-luarocks luainterpreter
+$(2)_DEPENDENCIES	+= luainterpreter
+$(2)_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES += host-luarocks
 
 #
 # Extract step. Extract into a temporary dir and move the relevant part to the
@@ -71,10 +72,6 @@ endif
 # make targets
 $(call inner-generic-package,$(1),$(2),$(3),$(4))
 
-# $(2)_DEPENDENCIES are handled for configure step (too late)
-# but host-luarocks is required to do the extract
-$$($(2)_TARGET_EXTRACT): | host-luarocks
-
 endef
 
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