diff --git a/package/webkitgtk24/Config.in b/package/webkitgtk24/Config.in
index e95a851a3b..bba3a2b9cc 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk24/Config.in
+++ b/package/webkitgtk24/Config.in
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ comment "webkitgtk24 needs libgtk2 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, NPTL, gcc >=4.
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
 		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2016_05
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK24
 	bool "webkitgtk 2.4.x"
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2016_05
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL