diff --git a/mail/dovecot/Makefile b/mail/dovecot/Makefile
index a5a4fb899e..0a5b517e61 100644
--- a/mail/dovecot/Makefile
+++ b/mail/dovecot/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-only MIT BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING COPYING.LGPL COPYING.MIT
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:dovecot:dovecot
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libiconv
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	CONFIG_DOVECOT_GSSAPI \
 	CONFIG_DOVECOT_LDAP \