diff --git a/package/iwd/iwd.mk b/package/iwd/iwd.mk
index 6814a04bf8..5bea3f12b4 100644
--- a/package/iwd/iwd.mk
+++ b/package/iwd/iwd.mk
@@ -15,16 +15,11 @@ IWD_SELINUX_MODULES = networkmanager
 
 IWD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-manual-pages \
-	--enable-external-ell
+	--enable-external-ell \
+	--enable-dbus-policy \
+	--with-dbus-datadir=/usr/share
 IWD_DEPENDENCIES = ell
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),y)
-IWD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dbus-policy --with-dbus-datadir=/usr/share
-IWD_DEPENDENCIES += dbus
-else
-IWD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dbus-policy
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 # iwd client depends on readline (GPL-3.0+)
 IWD_LICENSE += , GPL-3.0+ (client)