diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 925d6e4aec..a3a9d290d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ include package/Makefile.in
 -include $(sort $(wildcard arch/arch.mk.*))
 include support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
 
-PACKAGES += $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)
-
 include $(sort $(wildcard toolchain/*.mk))
 include $(sort $(wildcard toolchain/*/*.mk))
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 6d1f267328..6d82f7027e 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -690,9 +690,7 @@ $(1)-configure:			$$($(2)_TARGET_CONFIGURE)
 $$($(2)_TARGET_CONFIGURE):	| $$($(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 $$($(2)_TARGET_SOURCE) $$($(2)_TARGET_RSYNC): | dirs prepare
-ifeq ($$(filter $(1),$$(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)),)
 $$($(2)_TARGET_SOURCE) $$($(2)_TARGET_RSYNC): | dependencies
-endif
 
 ifeq ($$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR),)
 # In the normal case (no package override), the sequence of steps is
diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk b/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
index bab064319f..563574d6ad 100644
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
@@ -17,19 +17,13 @@ endef
 include support/dependencies/check-host-tar.mk
 -include $(sort $(filter-out %-tar.mk,$(wildcard support/dependencies/check-host-*.mk)))
 
-core-dependencies:
+dependencies:
 	@MAKE="$(MAKE)" DL_TOOLS="$(sort $(DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES))" \
 		$(TOPDIR)/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
 
-$(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ): HOSTCC=$(HOSTCC_NOCCACHE)
-$(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ): HOSTCXX=$(HOSTCXX_NOCCACHE)
-$(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ): core-dependencies
-
-dependencies: core-dependencies $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)
-
 ################################################################################
 #
 # Toplevel Makefile options
 #
 ################################################################################
-.PHONY: dependencies core-dependencies
+.PHONY: dependencies