diff --git a/package/python-pillow/python-pillow.mk b/package/python-pillow/python-pillow.mk
index 7cff54e9ea..31725a3e46 100644
--- a/package/python-pillow/python-pillow.mk
+++ b/package/python-pillow/python-pillow.mk
@@ -71,18 +71,4 @@ else
 PYTHON_PILLOW_BUILD_OPTS += --disable-webp --disable-webpmux
 endif
 
-HOST_PYTHON_PILLOW_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-HOST_PYTHON_PILLOW_BUILD_OPTS = \
-	build_ext \
-	--disable-freetype \
-	--disable-jpeg \
-	--disable-lcms \
-	--disable-xcb \
-	--disable-jpeg2000 \
-	--disable-tiff \
-	--disable-webp \
-	--disable-webpmux
-HOST_PYTHON_PILLOW_INSTALL_OPTS = $(HOST_PYTHON_PILLOW_BUILD_OPTS)
-
 $(eval $(python-package))
-$(eval $(host-python-package))