diff --git a/packages/librsync/build.sh b/packages/librsync/build.sh
index 69cf83dbc..9eacb69c9 100644
--- a/packages/librsync/build.sh
+++ b/packages/librsync/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.0.0
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/librsync/librsync/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b5c4dd114289832039397789e42d4ff0d1108ada89ce74f1999398593fae2169
 TERMUX_PKG_FOLDERNAME=librsync-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, libpopt"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libbz2"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="libpopt"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="-DPERL_EXECUTABLE=`which perl`"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure () {