diff --git a/srcpkgs/base-chroot-musl/template b/srcpkgs/base-chroot-musl/template
index cd3355e1040..730169cf9e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/base-chroot-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/base-chroot-musl/template
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ conflicts="base-chroot>=0"
 provides="base-chroot-${version}_${revision}"
 only_for_archs="i686-musl x86_64-musl armv6l-musl armv7l-musl"
 
-makedepends="
+depends="
  xbps-triggers base-files>=0.92 kernel-libc-headers musl chroot-gcc
  binutils 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-util-linux chroot-distcc chroot-git>=2.0 ccache xbps xz which"
-depends="${makedepends}"