diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/audacious/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/audacious/package.py
index 7ec97a6cc57..1b50bfef8a1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/audacious/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/audacious/package.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Audacious(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('libtool',  type='build')
     depends_on('gettext')
     depends_on('iconv',    type='link')
-    depends_on('glib',     type='link')
+    depends_on('glib')
     depends_on('qt')
 
     def autoreconf(self, spec, prefix):