diff --git a/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk b/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
index 7a243b42cf..a3b24d363c 100644
--- a/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
+++ b/package/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIBMICROHTTPD_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libmicrohttpd
 LIBMICROHTTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBMICROHTTPD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 LIBMICROHTTPD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBMICROHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBMICROHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = --disable-curl --disable-examples
 LIBMICROHTTPD_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ LIBMICROHTTPD_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(LIBMICROHTTPD_CFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMICROHTTPD_SSL),y)
 LIBMICROHTTPD_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
-LIBMICROHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf gnutls
+LIBMICROHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 LIBMICROHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-https --with-gnutls=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 else
 LIBMICROHTTPD_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ or eCos