diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 502eeea6aa..75e2df001f 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -159,15 +159,6 @@ $(2)_INSTALL_OPTS                ?= install
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS	?= DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install
 $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS		?= DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install
 
-# This must be repeated from inner-generic-package, otherwise we get an empty
-# _DEPENDENCIES if _AUTORECONF is YES.  Also filter the result of _AUTORECONF
-# and _GETTEXTIZE away from the non-host rule
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-automake host-autoconf host-libtool \
-				host-gettext host-skeleton host-toolchain $(1),\
-    $$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 #
 # Configure step. Only define it if not already defined by the package
 # .mk file. And take care of the differences between host and target
diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index bca360332b..6f0ecf9f72 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -142,13 +142,6 @@ endef
 endif
 endif
 
-# This must be repeated from inner-generic-package, otherwise we only get
-# host-cmake in _DEPENDENCIES because of the following line
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-skeleton host-toolchain $(1),\
-	$$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-cmake
 
 #
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index fa404cae24..94187f9814 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -511,10 +511,6 @@ $(2)_REDIST_SOURCES_DIR = $$(REDIST_SOURCES_DIR_$$(call UPPERCASE,$(4)))/$$($(2)
 # dependency
 $(2)_ADD_TOOLCHAIN_DEPENDENCY	?= YES
 
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-skeleton host-toolchain $(1),\
-	$$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
 ifeq ($(4),target)
 ifneq ($(1),skeleton)
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += skeleton
diff --git a/package/pkg-python.mk b/package/pkg-python.mk
index 9725d24f98..38bc45ffa3 100644
--- a/package/pkg-python.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-python.mk
@@ -138,21 +138,6 @@ else
 $$(error "Invalid $(2)_SETUP_TYPE. Valid options are 'distutils' or 'setuptools'")
 endif
 
-# The below statement intends to calculate the dependencies of host
-# packages by derivating them from the dependencies of the
-# corresponding target package, after adding the 'host-' prefix in
-# front of the dependencies.
-#
-# However it must be repeated from inner-generic-package, as we need
-# to exclude the python, host-python and host-python-setuptools
-# packages, which are added below in the list of dependencies
-# depending on the package characteristics, and shouldn't be derived
-# automatically from the dependencies of the corresponding target
-# package.
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-python host-python3 host-python-setuptools host-skeleton host-toolchain $(1),$$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 # Target packages need both the python interpreter on the target (for
 # runtime) and the python interpreter on the host (for
 # compilation). However, host packages only need the python
diff --git a/package/pkg-rebar.mk b/package/pkg-rebar.mk
index 44c6d6c8d2..7605a64ade 100644
--- a/package/pkg-rebar.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-rebar.mk
@@ -188,20 +188,6 @@ endif
 
 else # !target
 
-ifeq ($$($(2)_USE_AUTOCONF),YES)
-# This must be repeated from inner-autotools-package, otherwise we get
-# an empty _DEPENDENCIES if _AUTORECONF is YES or _USE_BUNDLED_REBAR
-# is NO.  Also filter the result of _AUTORECONF and _GETTEXTIZE away
-# from the non-host rule
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-automake host-autoconf host-libtool \
-				host-gettext host-skeleton host-toolchain host-erlang-rebar $(1),\
-    $$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-else
-# Same deal, if _USE_BUNDLED_REBAR is NO.
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out  host-skeleton host-toolchain host-erlang-rebar $(1),\
-	$$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 # Host packages need the erlang interpreter on the host
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-erlang
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-virtual.mk b/package/pkg-virtual.mk
index 244c1d0420..3fbe0a31da 100644
--- a/package/pkg-virtual.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-virtual.mk
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ $(2)_SOURCE =
 # Fake a version string, so it looks nicer in the build log
 $(2)_VERSION = virtual
 
-# This must be repeated from inner-generic-package, otherwise we get an empty
-# _DEPENDENCIES
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-skeleton host-toolchain $(1),\
-	$$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 # Add dependency against the provider
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_$(2)))