diff --git a/package/apache/Config.in b/package/apache/Config.in
index bc3133ea00..270296bce4 100644
--- a/package/apache/Config.in
+++ b/package/apache/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_APACHE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # apr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_APR_UTIL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and
 	  maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating
diff --git a/package/apache/apache.mk b/package/apache/apache.mk
index 619d13726e..1b095c5eb1 100644
--- a/package/apache/apache.mk
+++ b/package/apache/apache.mk
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ else
 APACHE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-brotli
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
-APACHE_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 APACHE_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 # Apache wants the path to the header file, where it can find