diff --git a/recipes-support/mxml/mxml_2.10.bb b/recipes-support/mxml/mxml_2.10.bb
index 146ae258..c98c4512 100644
--- a/recipes-support/mxml/mxml_2.10.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/mxml/mxml_2.10.bb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ SUMMARY = "Mini-XML is a small XML library"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a6ba38606d63bb042c5d8cfee182e120"
 
-DEPENDS = ""
-
 SRC_URI = " \
     https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/releases/download/release-${PV}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz \
     file://0001-avoid-testing-library-in-cross-environments.patch \
@@ -14,6 +12,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "267ff58b64ddc767170d71dab0c729c06f45e1df9a9b6f75180b564f09
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep
 
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
 EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autoheader"
 
 do_install() {