diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index 2fd91ba0f7..60aa87b768 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ BINUTILS_SOURCE ?= binutils-$(BINUTILS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS))
 BINUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
-HOST_BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES =
 BINUTILS_LICENSE = GPLv3+, libiberty LGPLv2.1+
 BINUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING3 COPYING.LIB