diff --git a/package/iptables/iptables.mk b/package/iptables/iptables.mk
index a54194a8c3..a6143677d1 100644
--- a/package/iptables/iptables.mk
+++ b/package/iptables/iptables.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ IPTABLES_VERSION = 1.8.8
 IPTABLES_SOURCE = iptables-$(IPTABLES_VERSION).tar.bz2
 IPTABLES_SITE = https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files
 IPTABLES_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-IPTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNETFILTER_CONNTRACK),libnetfilter_conntrack)
+IPTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 IPTABLES_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 IPTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 IPTABLES_CPE_ID_VENDOR = netfilter