diff --git a/package/zeromq/Config.in b/package/zeromq/Config.in
index cf5c644c39..209acf1a57 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/Config.in
+++ b/package/zeromq/Config.in
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	bool "zeromq"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	help
 	  ØMQ (ZeroMQ, 0MQ, zmq) looks like an embeddable networking
 	  library but acts like a concurrency framework. It gives you
diff --git a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
index 219827b42b..452c5f4291 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
+++ b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ZEROMQ_VERSION = 4.3.4
 ZEROMQ_SITE = https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v$(ZEROMQ_VERSION)
 ZEROMQ_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-ZEROMQ_DEPENDENCIES = util-linux
 ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-Werror --without-documentation
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+ with exceptions
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER