diff --git a/package/libusb/libusb.mk b/package/libusb/libusb.mk
index ffb39ba49c..a8ff74c2f9 100644
--- a/package/libusb/libusb.mk
+++ b/package/libusb/libusb.mk
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ LIBUSB_VERSION_MAJOR = 1.0
 LIBUSB_VERSION = $(LIBUSB_VERSION_MAJOR).18
 LIBUSB_SOURCE = libusb-$(LIBUSB_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBUSB_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libusb/libusb-$(LIBUSB_VERSION_MAJOR)/libusb-$(LIBUSB_VERSION)
-HOST_LIBUSB_CONF_OPT = --disable-udev
 LIBUSB_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 LIBUSB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBUSB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBUSB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+# Avoid the discovery of udev for the host variant
+HOST_LIBUSB_CONF_OPT = --disable-udev
+HOST_LIBUSB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_avr32),y)
 LIBUSB_CONF_OPT += --disable-timerfd
 endif