diff --git a/main/busybox/APKBUILD b/main/busybox/APKBUILD
index ecd9ca36854f40ffbd3d8b7a091c6106437ed868..d5f96de2668936c204b52da18eba36b19c137220 100644
--- a/main/busybox/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/busybox/APKBUILD
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ pkgdesc="Size optimized toolbox of many common UNIX utilities"
 url="https://busybox.net/"
 arch="all"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
-makedepends_host="linux-headers openssl-dev libtls-standalone-dev perl"
+makedepends_build="perl"
+makedepends_host="linux-headers openssl-dev libtls-standalone-dev"
 makedepends="$makedepends_build $makedepends_host"
 checkdepends="zip"
 provides="/bin/sh"