diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
index e5f7bea9617..5029c0f4cef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot/template
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ short_desc="Bootstrap packages for xbps-src"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Public domain"
 
-makedepends="
+depends="
  base-files>=0.92 kernel-libc-headers>=3.10 glibc-devel glibc-locales binutils
  gcc>=4.9.0_6 gcc-c++>=4.9.0_6 chroot-patch chroot-bash chroot-grep chroot-coreutils
  chroot-diffutils chroot-gettext chroot-texinfo chroot-sed chroot-gawk
  chroot-findutils chroot-make chroot-gzip chroot-file chroot-tar m4
  chroot-fakeroot chroot-distcc chroot-git>=2.0 ccache xbps xz which"
-depends="${makedepends}"