diff --git a/lib/ruby_wasm/build_system/product/crossruby.rb b/lib/ruby_wasm/build_system/product/crossruby.rb
index 9a244533f2..48bdf7b04a 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_wasm/build_system/product/crossruby.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_wasm/build_system/product/crossruby.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ def initialize(
       @baseruby = baseruby
       @source = source
       @toolchain = toolchain
-      @dep_tasks = []
       @user_exts = user_exts
       @wasmoptflags = []
       @cppflags = []
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ def build(remake: false, reconfigure: false)
       FileUtils.mkdir_p build_dir
       @toolchain.install
       [@source, @baseruby, @libyaml, @zlib, @openssl, @wasi_vfs].each(&:build)
-      dep_tasks.each(&:invoke)
       configure(reconfigure: reconfigure)
       build_exts
 
@@ -228,10 +226,6 @@ def baseruby_path
       File.join(@baseruby.install_dir, "bin/ruby")
     end
 
-    def dep_tasks
-      @dep_tasks
-    end
-
     def configure_args(build_triple, toolchain)
       target = @params.target
       default_exts = @params.default_exts