diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
index 53435f22ae..62bdde85fc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/uninative-tarball.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK = "\
     "
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
-DEPENDS += "patchelf-native"
 
 TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME ?= "${BUILD_ARCH}-nativesdk-libc"
 
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ inherit populate_sdk
 deltask install
 deltask package
 
+SDK_DEPENDS += "patchelf-native"
+
 SDK_PACKAGING_FUNC = ""
 
 fakeroot create_sdk_files() {