if HAVE_FREETYPE
HBCFLAGS += $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)
HBLIBS += $(FREETYPE_LIBS)
-HBDEPS += $(FREETYPE_DEPS)
+# XXX
+# The following creates a recursive dependency on FreeType if FreeType is
+# built with HarfBuzz support enabled. Newer pkg-config handles that just
+# fine but pkg-config 0.26 as shipped in Ubuntu 14.04 crashes. Remove
+# in a year or two, or otherwise work around it...
+#HBDEPS += $(FREETYPE_DEPS)
HBSOURCES += hb-ft.cc
HBHEADERS += hb-ft.h
endif