diff --git a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
index ece528c5d1..779c46dfef 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = 	\
 	xkeyboard-config		\
 	pixman 				\
 	mcookie 			\
-	host-xfont_font-util		\
 	host-pkgconf
 
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_CONF_OPT = --disable-config-hal \