diff --git a/package/libtirpc/libtirpc.mk b/package/libtirpc/libtirpc.mk
index f1ad395894..494650c9a8 100644
--- a/package/libtirpc/libtirpc.mk
+++ b/package/libtirpc/libtirpc.mk
@@ -18,12 +18,4 @@ LIBTIRPC_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DGQ"
 
 LIBTIRPC_CONF_OPTS = --disable-gssapi
 
-# We need host-pkgconf because the configure.ac contains a
-# PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro call, and since we're autoreconfiguring this
-# package, we need the source for this PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro, which
-# comes from host-pkgconf. Other than that, pkgconf is only used to
-# find if there is a gss implementation somewhere, which we don't
-# support in Buildroot yet.
-LIBTIRPC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))