diff --git a/package/graphlcd-base/graphlcd-base.mk b/package/graphlcd-base/graphlcd-base.mk
index 94e0c2d1..3a780649 100644
--- a/package/graphlcd-base/graphlcd-base.mk
+++ b/package/graphlcd-base/graphlcd-base.mk
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ define GRAPHLCD_BASE_TARGET_CLEANUP
 endef
 GRAPHLCD_BASE_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += GRAPHLCD_BASE_TARGET_CLEANUP
 
-graphlcd-base: $(GRAPHLCD_BASE_DEPENDENCIES) | $(TARGET_DIR)
+graphlcd-base: | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(call generic-package)