diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index b694c44e3b..cd8fedf1f0 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-gettext \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-pngquant \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),host-python3,host-python) \
+	host-python3 \
 	openssl
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)