diff --git a/packages/libduktape/build.sh b/packages/libduktape/build.sh
index a9b472f3c..5d8434368 100644
--- a/packages/libduktape/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libduktape/build.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="duktape (<< 2.3.0-1), libduktape-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	if $TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD; then
-		# configure.py requires 'yaml' python2 module.
-		if ! pip2 show pyyaml > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-			pip2 install pyyaml
-		fi
+	# configure.py requires 'yaml' python2 module.
+	if ! pip2 show pyyaml > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		pip2 install pyyaml
 	fi
 }