diff --git a/package/ruby/ruby.mk b/package/ruby/ruby.mk
index 26db93121a..c984d67ed9 100644
--- a/package/ruby/ruby.mk
+++ b/package/ruby/ruby.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ RUBY_SITE = ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9
 RUBY_AUTORECONF = YES
 HOST_RUBY_AUTORECONF = YES
 RUBY_DEPENDENCIES = host-ruby
+HOST_RUBY_DEPENDENCIES =
 RUBY_MAKE_ENV = $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV)
 RUBY_CONF_OPT = --disable-install-doc --disable-rpath
 HOST_RUBY_CONF_OPT = --disable-install-doc --with-out-ext=curses,readline