diff --git a/recipes/coreutils b/recipes/coreutils
index 9b515c056..04e2db878 100644
--- a/recipes/coreutils
+++ b/recipes/coreutils
@@ -3,26 +3,12 @@ version=9.5
 revision=1
 tarball_url="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-${version}.tar.xz"
 tarball_blake2b="6fd3a77697c9e85f31415c6ad66559faf18acc7d346677a89d4a999c2027886551e78842a7283e7b3b44fe8ef2fde04ba2f88df32a7844d5f69d45bcb7a04b6f"
-source_imagedeps="build-essential gperf"
 source_hostdeps="automake autoconf libtool pkg-config"
-imagedeps="build-essential gperf"
 hostdeps="gcc automake autoconf libtool pkg-config"
 deps="core-libs tzdata"
 
 regenerate() {
     autotools_recursive_regen
-
-    # Huge hack: coreutils does not compile the build-machine binary make-prime-list
-    # using the build-machine compiler. Hence, build and invoke the binary manually here.
-    mkdir tmp_build_dir
-    cd tmp_build_dir
-
-    ../configure
-    make src/make-prime-list
-    ./src/make-prime-list 5000 > ../src/primes.h
-
-    cd ..
-    rm -rf tmp_build_dir
 }
 
 build() {