diff --git a/meta/packages/binutils/binutils-cross.inc b/meta/packages/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
index f15f781550..4eeb6584c9 100644
--- a/meta/packages/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-SECTION = "devel"
 inherit cross
-DEPENDS += "flex-native bison-native gettext-native"
 PROVIDES = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils"
-PACKAGES = ""
+
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
 		--program-prefix=${TARGET_PREFIX} \
 		--disable-install-libbfd \
diff --git a/meta/packages/binutils/binutils.inc b/meta/packages/binutils/binutils.inc
index f3ea8f6682..98ddbcfdd2 100644
--- a/meta/packages/binutils/binutils.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/binutils/binutils.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ BUGTRACKER = "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/"
 SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 
+DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native zlib"
+
 inherit autotools gettext
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-symlinks"