diff --git a/package/modem-manager/Config.in b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
index 062826fd0a..c4c723776d 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV if BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT
 	help
 	  ModemManager is a DBus-activated daemon which controls mobile
 	  broadband (2G/3G/4G) devices and connections.
diff --git a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
index 53cd0aff9a..372e7da1e4 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
+++ b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ MODEM_MANAGER_SOURCE = ModemManager-$(MODEM_MANAGER_VERSION).tar.xz
 MODEM_MANAGER_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs, plugins), LGPL-2.0+ (libmm-glib)
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
-MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 libxslt $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 MODEM_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MODEM_MANAGER_CONF_OPTS = --disable-more-warnings
+MODEM_MANAGER_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_XSLTPROC_CHECK=yes
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER_LIBQMI),y)
 MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES += libqmi