diff --git a/package/gtest/Config.in b/package/gtest/Config.in
index 4355e9c9c5..4591cb5e48 100644
--- a/package/gtest/Config.in
+++ b/package/gtest/Config.in
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_GTEST
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GTEST_GMOCK
 	bool "gmock"
-	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # host-gtest
 	help
 	  Inspired by jMock, EasyMock, and Hamcrest, and designed with
 	  C++'s specifics in mind, Google C++ Mocking Framework (or
@@ -43,14 +42,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GTEST_GMOCK
 	    * works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Windows Mobile, minGW,
 	      and Symbian.
 
-	  There are both host and target packages. The target one has
-	  include files required to compile the tests and the static
-	  libraries required to link/run them. The host package installs
-	  gmock_gen, a Python script used to generate code mocks.
-
-comment "gmock needs host gcc >= 5"
-	depends on !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
-
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_GTEST
 
 comment "gtest needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 5"
diff --git a/package/gtest/gtest.mk b/package/gtest/gtest.mk
index f3f3f9c296..236c8f3730 100644
--- a/package/gtest/gtest.mk
+++ b/package/gtest/gtest.mk
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ GTEST_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 GTEST_CPE_ID_VENDOR = google
 GTEST_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = google_test
 
-HOST_GTEST_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
-HOST_GTEST_LICENSE_FILES = googlemock/scripts/generator/LICENSE
-HOST_GTEST_DEPENDENCIES = host-python3
-
 # While it is possible to build gtest as shared library, using this gtest shared
 # library requires to set some special configure option in the project using
 # gtest.
@@ -34,20 +30,9 @@ GTEST_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GTEST_GMOCK),y)
-GTEST_DEPENDENCIES += host-gtest
 GTEST_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_GMOCK=ON
 else
 GTEST_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_GMOCK=OFF
 endif
 
-define HOST_GTEST_POST_INSTALL_PYTHON
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/googlemock/scripts/generator/gmock_gen.py \
-		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/gmock_gen
-	cp -rp $(@D)/googlemock/scripts/generator/cpp \
-		$(HOST_DIR)/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
-endef
-
-HOST_GTEST_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_GTEST_POST_INSTALL_PYTHON
-
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
-$(eval $(host-cmake-package))