diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
index 853e5f4337..9d263c6f1b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-c++.template
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-c++'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc>=${_majorver} libstdc++-devel>=${_majorver}"
+depends="gcc>=${_majorver} libstdc++-devel>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC C++ support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains GCC C++ support."
 
-
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	for f in g++ c++ ${_triplet}-g++ ${_triplet}-c++; do
 		vmove usr/bin/${f} usr/bin
 	done
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
index 6bbf625ab8..f849bd62d0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc++.template
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-objc++'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc-c++>=${_majorver} gcc-objc>=${_majorver}"
+depends="gcc-c++>=${_majorver} gcc-objc>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Objective-C++ support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains GCC Objective-C++ support."
 
-
-
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/lib/gcc/${_triplet}/${_majorver}/cc1objplus \
 		usr/lib/gcc/${_triplet}/${_majorver}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
index c72b6a8b31..eb733aa553 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/gcc-objc.template
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'gcc-objc'.
 #
-depends="libelf gcc>=${_majorver} libobjc>=${_majorver}"
+depends="gcc>=${_majorver} libobjc>=${_majorver}"
 short_desc="GCC Objective-C support"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains GCC Objective-C support."
 
-
-
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/lib/gcc/${_triplet}/${_majorver}/include/objc \
 		usr/lib/gcc/${_triplet}/${_majorver}/include
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcc/template b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
index 39a979acb5..ca4c268515 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcc/template
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=gcc
 _majorver=4.7
 version=${_majorver}.1
-revision=3
-makedepends="perl flex zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel mpc-devel
-ppl-devel>=1.0 cloog-devel libelf-devel"
+revision=4
+makedepends="perl flex zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel mpc-devel ppl-devel>=1.0 cloog-devel"
 short_desc="The GNU C Compiler"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gcc.gnu.org"