diff --git a/package/perl-parse-yapp/Config.in b/package/perl-parse-yapp/Config.in
index 5cde3d9211..2781682670 100644
--- a/package/perl-parse-yapp/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-parse-yapp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_PARSE_YAPP
 	bool "perl-parse-yapp"
 	help
-	  A perl frontend to the Parse::Yapp module
+	  A perl frontend to the Parse::Yapp module.
 
 	  https://metacpan.org/release/Parse-Yapp
diff --git a/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.hash b/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.hash
index d5880a2a71..36541592ff 100644
--- a/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.hash
+++ b/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-# locally computed
+# retrieved by scancpan from http://cpan.metacpan.org/
+md5  69584d5b0f0304bb2a23cffcd982c5de  Parse-Yapp-1.21.tar.gz
 sha256  3810e998308fba2e0f4f26043035032b027ce51ce5c8a52a8b8e340ca65f13e5  Parse-Yapp-1.21.tar.gz
+
+# locally computed
 sha256  a5d97e3ee50ba12b7897841a117790f723795e4a61e5ad1668dc064956c84e96  lib/Parse/Yapp.pm
diff --git a/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.mk b/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.mk
index 94f51243fd..12f05efe0c 100644
--- a/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.mk
+++ b/package/perl-parse-yapp/perl-parse-yapp.mk
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_VERSION = 1.21
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_SOURCE = Parse-Yapp-$(PERL_PARSE_YAPP_VERSION).tar.gz
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/W/WB/WBRASWELL
-PERL_PARSE_YAPP_DEPENDENCIES = host-perl-module-build
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_LICENSE = Artistic or GPL-1.0+
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_LICENSE_FILES = lib/Parse/Yapp.pm
 PERL_PARSE_YAPP_DISTNAME = Parse-Yapp
-HOST_PERL_PARSE_YAPP_DEPENDENCIES = host-perl-module-build
 
 $(eval $(perl-package))
 $(eval $(host-perl-package))