diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
index 22c24ec56ff..ff4b94a1c81 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/show.sh
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ show_pkg_build_depends() {
 
     # build time deps
     for f in ${_deps}; do
+        # ignore dependency on itself
+        [[ $f == $sourcepkg ]] && continue
         if [ ! -f $XBPS_SRCPKGDIR/$f/template ]; then
             msg_error "$pkgver: dependency '$f' does not exist!\n"
         fi