diff --git a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
index e02c1a66f7..793ca6fb26 100644
--- a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
+++ b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SCONESERVER_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 SCONESERVER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # fetching from Git, we need to generate the configure script
 SCONESERVER_AUTORECONF = YES
-SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
+SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf pcre
 # disable markdown module because its git submodule cmark
 # https://github.com/sconemad/sconeserver/tree/master/markdown
 # has no cross-compile support provided by the sconeserver build system
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-sconesite
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SCONESERVER_HTTP_SCONESITE_IMAGE),y)
-SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += imagemagick host-pkgconf
+SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += imagemagick
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-sconesite-image \
 	--with-Magick++-config="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/Magick++-config"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-rss
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SCONESERVER_LOCATION),y)
-SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf gpsd
+SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES += gpsd
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-location
 else
 SCONESERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-location