diff --git a/Formula/ghostscript.rb b/Formula/ghostscript.rb
index 27d7fddd271..10731cc7102 100644
--- a/Formula/ghostscript.rb
+++ b/Formula/ghostscript.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ class Ghostscript < Formula
     resource 'djvu' do
       url 'git://git.code.sf.net/p/djvu/gsdjvu-git'
     end
+
+    depends_on :automake
+    depends_on :libtool
   end
 
   option 'with-djvu', 'Build drivers for DjVU file format'
@@ -18,11 +21,6 @@ class Ghostscript < Formula
   # TODO - figure out why this is needed
   env :std if build.with? 'djvu'
 
-  if build.head?
-    depends_on :automake
-    depends_on :libtool
-  end
-
   depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
   depends_on 'jpeg'
   depends_on 'libtiff'