diff --git a/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk b/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
index 332f2eef35..79d1c7acf1 100644
--- a/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
+++ b/package/dosfstools/dosfstools.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ DOSFSTOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 DOSFSTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 DOSFSTOOLS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
+# Avoid target dosfstools dependencies, no host-libiconv
+HOST_DOSFSTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES =
+
 ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
 DOSFSTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 DOSFSTOOLS_LDFLAGS += -liconv