diff --git a/src/bpmlib/compilation.go b/src/bpmlib/compilation.go
index f35b431..f8434e4 100644
--- a/src/bpmlib/compilation.go
+++ b/src/bpmlib/compilation.go
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ func CompileSourcePackage(archiveFilename, outputDirectory string, skipChecks bo
 			pkgInfo.Arch = GetArch()
 		}
 
-		// Remove source package specific fields
-		pkgInfo.MakeDepends = nil
+		// Remove split package field
 		pkgInfo.SplitPackages = nil
 
 		// Marshal package info
diff --git a/src/bpmlib/packages.go b/src/bpmlib/packages.go
index 5c4471d..5cd21d6 100644
--- a/src/bpmlib/packages.go
+++ b/src/bpmlib/packages.go
@@ -466,8 +466,7 @@ func ReadPackageInfo(contents string) (*PackageInfo, error) {
 		pkgInfoClone := *pkgInfo
 		pkgInfo.SplitPackages[i] = &pkgInfoClone
 
-		// Set make depends and split package field of split package to nil
-		pkgInfo.SplitPackages[i].MakeDepends = nil
+		// Set split package field of split package to nil
 		pkgInfo.SplitPackages[i].SplitPackages = nil
 
 		// Unmarshal json data back to struct