diff --git a/package/busybox/Config.in b/package/busybox/Config.in
index be8b0e4799..5e5c586762 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/Config.in
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SELINUX
 	bool "Enable SELinux support"
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	default y
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_INDIVIDUAL_BINARIES
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX
 	help
 	  Enable SELinux support in BusyBox. Please note that
 	  depending on your BusyBox configuration and the SELinux
diff --git a/package/refpolicy/Config.in b/package/refpolicy/Config.in
index f0c8a43563..b50b2f09ff 100644
--- a/package/refpolicy/Config.in
+++ b/package/refpolicy/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_REFPOLICY
 	bool "refpolicy"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libsepol
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SELINUX if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX
 	# Even though libsepol is not necessary for building, we get
 	# the policy version from libsepol, so we select it, and treat
 	# it like a runtime dependency.