diff --git a/templates/font-util/template b/templates/font-util/template
index 2c66933b9b5..3ce34538d42 100644
--- a/templates/font-util/template
+++ b/templates/font-util/template
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ long_desc="
  and the fontutil pkg-config and autoconf macro files."
 
 Add_dependency full glibc
-Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency build perl
 Add_dependency build pkg-config
 #
 # These aren't really required, but this is to centralize the
 # requirement of dependent packages.
 #
 Add_dependency full font-alias
-Add_dependency full bdftopcf
+Add_dependency build bdftopcf
 Add_dependency full mkfontdir
 Add_dependency full mkfontscale