diff --git a/lang/python/click-log/Makefile b/lang/python/click-log/Makefile
index 652bdc56a..3da043a5d 100644
--- a/lang/python/click-log/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/click-log/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define Package/python3-click-log
   SUBMENU:=Python
   URL:=http://github.com/mitsuhiko/click
   TITLE:=python3-click-log
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-click-log:python3-click
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-click
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-chardet/Makefile b/lang/python/python-chardet/Makefile
index 24d164ada..bce37b3c2 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-chardet/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-chardet/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include ../python3-package.mk
 
 PKG_UNPACK:=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip-components=1 -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
 
-define Package/python-chardet/Defaults
+define Package/python-chardet/Default
   SUBMENU:=Python
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
diff --git a/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile b/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
index a728e15c8..aacaf15d5 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-ply/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python3-ply
 $(call Package/python-ply/Default)
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python3-ply:python3-light
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile b/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
index 6884a0f3a..36b7302d6 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-requests/Makefile
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ include ../python3-package.mk
 
 PKG_UNPACK:=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip-components=1 -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
 
-define Package/python-requests/Defaults
+define Package/python-requests/Default
   SUBMENU:=Python
   SECTION:=lang
   CATEGORY:=Languages
-  PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <josef.schlehofer@nic.cz>, Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
+  MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <josef.schlehofer@nic.cz>, Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
   URL:=http://python-requests.org/
 endef
 
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ define Package/python3-requests
 $(call Package/python-requests/Default)
   TITLE:=HTTP library for Python3
   DEPENDS:= \
-	  +PACKAGE_python3-requests:python3-light  \
-	  +PACKAGE_python3-requests:python3-chardet  \
-	  +PACKAGE_python3-requests:python3-idna  \
-	  +PACKAGE_python3-requests:python3-urllib3  \
-	  +PACKAGE_python3-requests:python3-certifi
+	  +python3-light  \
+	  +python3-chardet  \
+	  +python3-idna  \
+	  +python3-urllib3  \
+	  +python3-certifi
   VARIANT:=python3
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile b/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile
index 3ba4a6764..11a66a117 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-simplejson/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endef
 define Package/python-simplejson
 $(call Package/python-simplejson/Default)
   TITLE:=Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python 2
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_python-simplejson:python-light
+  DEPENDS:=+python-light
   VARIANT:=python
 endef