diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 289fa552b4..943f8a08c0 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -1227,8 +1227,11 @@ KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES += $$($(2)_KEEP_PY_FILES)
 ifneq ($$($(2)_SELINUX_MODULES),)
 PACKAGES_SELINUX_MODULES += $$($(2)_SELINUX_MODULES)
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_REFPOLICY_UPSTREAM_VERSION),y)
 PACKAGES_SELINUX_EXTRA_MODULES_DIRS += \
 	$$(if $$(wildcard $$($(2)_PKGDIR)/selinux),$$($(2)_PKGDIR)/selinux)
+endif
 
 ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),svn)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += svn