diff --git a/blueprints/craft/craft-core/craft-core.py b/blueprints/craft/craft-core/craft-core.py
index 4e6064050..2e59d5f8f 100644
--- a/blueprints/craft/craft-core/craft-core.py
+++ b/blueprints/craft/craft-core/craft-core.py
@@ -1,44 +1,42 @@
 import info
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets(self):
         for ver in ["2017.12", "master"]:
             self.svnTargets[ver] = f"git://anongit.kde.org/craft|{ver}|"
         self.defaultTarget = "master"
 
     def setDependencies(self):
-        self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/git"] = "default"
-        self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/7zip"] = "default"
-
+        self.buildDependencies["virtual/base"] = "default"
 
 from Package.SourceOnlyPackageBase import *
 
 
 class Package(SourceOnlyPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         SourceOnlyPackageBase.__init__(self)
         self.subinfo.options.package.disableBinaryCache = True
         self.subinfo.options.dailyUpdate = True
 
     def unpack(self):
         return True
 
     def install(self):
         return True
 
     def qmerge(self):
         if not SourceOnlyPackageBase.qmerge(self):
             return False
         CraftCore.cache.clear()
         return True
 
     def createPackage(self):
         return True
 
     def checkoutDir(self, index=0):
         return os.path.join(CraftStandardDirs.craftRoot(), "craft")
 
     def unittest(self):
         test = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "bin", "test", "runtests.py")
         return utils.system([sys.executable, test])