diff --git a/mingw-w64-libgit2/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-libgit2/PKGBUILD
index d5cdb6449d..3d11a86eb7 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-libgit2/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-libgit2/PKGBUILD
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-http-parser"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-libiconv"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pcre2"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib")
-_openssl_depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-openssl")
 makedepends=(
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja"
+  "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-openssl"
   "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python"
 )
 source=(${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v${pkgver}.tar.gz"
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ check() {
 
 package_libgit2() {
   cd "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM}-openssl
-  depends=("${depends[@]}"
-           "${_openssl_depends[@]}")
+  depends+=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-openssl")
 
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --install .
 
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ package_libgit2() {
 
 package_libgit2-winhttp() {
   cd "${srcdir}"/build-${MSYSTEM}-winhttp
-  depends=("${depends[@]}")
   provides=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
   conflicts=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")