diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index 2521c8d640b..98a7c93c8a7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ long_desc="
  as C++ and Objective C; the runtime facilities of other programming
  languages use the C library to access the underlying operating system."
 
-bootstrap=yes
 build_requires=19
 nostrip_files="ld-${version}.so libc-${version}.so libpthread-${version}.so
 libthread_db-1.0.so"
@@ -25,17 +24,9 @@ subpackages="glibc-devel glibc-locales nscd"
 Add_dependency run base-files
 Add_dependency run libgcc
 Add_dependency run glibc-locales
-Add_dependency build gcc
-Add_dependency build kernel-libc-headers ">=3.2.6<3.3"
 
-if [ -n "$BOOTSTRAP_PKG_REBUILD" ]; then
-	Add_dependency build coreutils
-	Add_dependency build gettext
-	Add_dependency build gawk
-	Add_dependency build sed
-	Add_dependency build bison
-	Add_dependency build perl ">=0"
-fi
+Add_dependency build bison
+Add_dependency build perl
 
 do_configure() {
 	local cflags