diff --git a/testing/hylafax/APKBUILD b/testing/hylafax/APKBUILD
index b318497e176..42450d46782 100644
--- a/testing/hylafax/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/hylafax/APKBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pkgdesc="Sends and receives faxes"
 url="http://www.hylafax.org/"
 license="custom"
 #depends on gcc for libgcc_s.so, it's scripts are hardcoded to bash
-depends="uclibc uclibc++ zlib tiff ghostscript bash gcc"
+depends="ghostscript bash"
 makedepends="zlib-dev tiff-dev uclibc++-dev"
 install="hylafax.post-install"
 subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ build() {
 	sed -i -e 's:"iostream.h":<iostream>\n using namespace std;:g' \
 		configure
 
-
+	# the configure script does not handle ccache or distcc
+	export CC=gcc
 	./configure --nointeractive --disable-pam \
 		--with-CXX=/usr/bin/g++-uc \
 		--with-DIR_BIN=/usr/bin \