diff --git a/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in b/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
index 79e9a4561e..27b2fdeaab 100644
--- a/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-werkzeug/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_WERKZEUG
 	bool "python-werkzeug"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime
 	help
 	  Werkzeug is a WSGI utility library for Python. It's widely
 	  used and BSD licensed.