diff --git a/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk b/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
index 4416d8075c..7b913e2bb5 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xcb-util/xcb-util.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ XCB_UTIL_SITE = http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist
 XCB_UTIL_LICENSE = MIT
 
 XCB_UTIL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-XCB_UTIL_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf libxcb
+XCB_UTIL_DEPENDENCIES = libxcb
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))