diff --git a/package/libdill/libdill.mk b/package/libdill/libdill.mk
index 9dda81d085..bea9aaeecb 100644
--- a/package/libdill/libdill.mk
+++ b/package/libdill/libdill.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIBDILL_LICENSE = MIT
 LIBDILL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBDILL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # Fetched from Github, with no configure script
+LIBDILL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBDILL_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ LIBDILL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threads
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-LIBDILL_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf openssl
+LIBDILL_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 LIBDILL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tls
 else
 LIBDILL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-tls