diff --git a/package/bind/bind.mk b/package/bind/bind.mk
index 5b4c60b14c..72f1e4dcdc 100644
--- a/package/bind/bind.mk
+++ b/package/bind/bind.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ BIND_TARGET_SERVER_SBIN += dnssec-keyfromlabel dnssec-signzone tsig-keygen
 BIND_TARGET_TOOLS_BIN = dig host nslookup nsupdate
 BIND_CONF_ENV = \
 	BUILD_CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
-	BUILD_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
+	BUILD_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	LIBS=`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 BIND_CONF_OPTS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),--enable-threads,--disable-threads) \
 	--without-lmdb \
@@ -36,14 +37,17 @@ BIND_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-randomdev=/dev/urandom \
 	--enable-epoll \
 	--enable-filter-aaaa \
-	--disable-backtrace
+	--disable-backtrace \
+	--with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
+	--with-ecdsa=yes \
+	--with-eddsa=no \
+	--with-aes=yes
 
-BIND_DEPENDENCIES = libuv
+BIND_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libuv openssl
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
 BIND_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
-BIND_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf zlib
 else
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
@@ -69,13 +73,6 @@ else
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=no
 endif
 
-BIND_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf openssl
-BIND_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--with-openssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
-	--with-ecdsa=yes \
-	--with-eddsa=no \
-	--with-aes=yes
-BIND_CONF_ENV += LIBS=`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 # GOST cipher support requires openssl extra engines
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_ENGINES),y)
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-gost=yes