diff --git a/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk b/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
index e4e3ff8717..12db8f2d3b 100644
--- a/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
+++ b/package/ltp-testsuite/ltp-testsuite.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ LTP_TESTSUITE_SITE = https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/releases/download
 LTP_TESTSUITE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, GPL-2.0+
 LTP_TESTSUITE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+LTP_TESTSUITE_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf
+
 LTP_TESTSUITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-metadata
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LTP_TESTSUITE_OPEN_POSIX),y)
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ LTP_TESTSUITE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 LTP_TESTSUITE_LIBS =
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC),y)
-LTP_TESTSUITE_DEPENDENCIES += libtirpc host-pkgconf
+LTP_TESTSUITE_DEPENDENCIES += libtirpc
 LTP_TESTSUITE_CFLAGS += "`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --cflags libtirpc`"
 LTP_TESTSUITE_LIBS += "`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libtirpc`"
 endif