diff --git a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
index 8981d9247e..5756510e1d 100644
--- a/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
+++ b/package/hostapd/hostapd.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ HOSTAPD_CONFIG_DISABLE =
 
 # Try to use openssl if it's already available
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL),y)
-HOSTAPD_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libopenssl
+HOSTAPD_DEPENDENCIES += libopenssl
 HOSTAPD_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 HOSTAPD_CONFIG_EDITS += 's/\#\(CONFIG_TLS=openssl\)/\1/'
 else