diff --git a/package/python-inflection/Config.in b/package/python-inflection/Config.in
index 427275bc71..5b6a26fead 100644
--- a/package/python-inflection/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-inflection/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_INFLECTION
 	bool "python-inflection"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_UNICODEDATA if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA
 	help
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 	  pluralizes English words, and transforms strings from
diff --git a/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk b/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
index f4e258089b..498b835052 100644
--- a/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
+++ b/package/sdbusplus/sdbusplus.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SDBUSPLUS_DEPENDENCIES = host-autoconf-archive host-pkgconf systemd
 HOST_SDBUSPLUS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-autoconf-archive \
 	host-pkgconf \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),host-python3,host-python) \
+	host-python3 \
 	host-python-inflection \
 	host-python-mako \
 	host-python-pyyaml