diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
index 4168d1f220..af3de984d9 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/Config.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PYTHON
 	bool "Python support for alsa-lib"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	help
 	  Add python support for alsa-lib.
 	  Python will be built and libpython will be installed
diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
index b5cd3f0d13..5d12f5e6d8 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
@@ -61,20 +61,11 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PYTHON),y)
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--enable-mixer-pymods
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
-ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) \
-	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
-ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
-ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES += python
-else
-ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--enable-mixer-pymods \
 	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) \
 	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES += python3
-endif
 else
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-python
 endif