diff --git a/eclass/xorg-3.eclass b/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
index 6ac90a64d59d9..f135058fba6ff 100644
--- a/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
+++ b/eclass/xorg-3.eclass
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ WANT_AUTOMAKE="latest"
 for arch in ${XORG_EAUTORECONF_ARCHES}; do
 	EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS+=" ${arch}? ( ${EAUTORECONF_DEPEND} )"
 done
-DEPEND+=" ${EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS}"
+unset arch
+BDEPEND+=" ${EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS}"
 [[ ${XORG_EAUTORECONF} != no ]] && BDEPEND+=" ${EAUTORECONF_DEPEND}"
 unset EAUTORECONF_DEPENDS
 unset EAUTORECONF_DEPEND