diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 60f6997ea..6e198edf2 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ $(2)_INSTALL_OPTS                ?= install
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS	?= DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install
 $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS		?= DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR)  install
 
+# This must be repeated from inner-generic-package, otherwise we get an empty
+# _DEPENDENCIES if _AUTORECONF is YES.  Also filter the result of _AUTORECONF
+# and _GETTEXTIZE away from the non-host rule
+ifeq ($(4),host)
+$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-automake host-autoconf host-libtool \
+				host-gettext host-toolchain $(1),\
+    $$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
+endif
 
 #
 # Configure step. Only define it if not already defined by the package
@@ -248,15 +256,6 @@ ifneq ($$($(2)_LIBTOOL_PATCH),NO)
 $(2)_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBTOOL_PATCH_HOOK
 endif
 
-# This must be repeated from inner-generic-package, otherwise we get an empty
-# _DEPENDENCIES if _AUTORECONF is YES.  Also filter the result of _AUTORECONF
-# and _GETTEXTIZE away from the non-host rule
-ifeq ($(4),host)
-$(2)_DEPENDENCIES ?= $$(filter-out host-automake host-autoconf host-libtool \
-				host-gettext host-toolchain $(1),\
-    $$(patsubst host-host-%,host-%,$$(addprefix host-,$$($(3)_DEPENDENCIES))))
-endif
-
 ifeq ($$($(2)_AUTORECONF),YES)
 # This has to come before autoreconf
 ifeq ($$($(2)_GETTEXTIZE),YES)