diff --git a/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in b/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
index 9a2bd6cf29..dc0fa811b1 100644
--- a/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
+++ b/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BTRFS_PROGS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ACL
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ATTR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
diff --git a/package/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs.mk b/package/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs.mk
index 0190baacfb..b8833a7bcf 100644
--- a/package/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs.mk
+++ b/package/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 BTRFS_PROGS_VERSION = 4.1
 BTRFS_PROGS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/kernel/people/kdave/btrfs-progs
 BTRFS_PROGS_SOURCE = btrfs-progs-v$(BTRFS_PROGS_VERSION).tar.xz
-BTRFS_PROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf acl attr e2fsprogs lzo util-linux zlib
+BTRFS_PROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf e2fsprogs lzo util-linux zlib
 BTRFS_PROGS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-backtrace
 BTRFS_PROGS_LICENSE = GPLv2
 BTRFS_PROGS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING