diff --git a/package/x11r7/xfont_encodings/xfont_encodings.mk b/package/x11r7/xfont_encodings/xfont_encodings.mk
index 8c4aac454e..3207b06522 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xfont_encodings/xfont_encodings.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xfont_encodings/xfont_encodings.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ XFONT_ENCODINGS_SOURCE = encodings-$(XFONT_ENCODINGS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XFONT_ENCODINGS_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font
 XFONT_ENCODINGS_MAKE_OPT =
 XFONT_ENCODINGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-xapp_mkfontscale
-HOST_XFONT_ENCODINGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-xapp_mkfontscale
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,host))