diff --git a/package/libvirt/Config.in b/package/libvirt/Config.in
index 5693ecb4cc..e75f1cf15f 100644
--- a/package/libvirt/Config.in
+++ b/package/libvirt/Config.in
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVIRT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 
-comment "libvirt needs udev /dev management, a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, kernel headers >= 3.12 (4.11 for AArch64)"
+comment "libvirt needs udev /dev management, a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, wchar, kernel headers >= 3.12 (4.11 for AArch64)"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVIRT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_MMU || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
 		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12 && \
-		  (BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_11 || !BR2_aarch64))
+			(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_11 || !BR2_aarch64))
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVIRT
 	bool "libvirt"
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVIRT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_11 || !BR2_aarch64
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS