diff --git a/package/sysrepo/Config.in b/package/sysrepo/Config.in
index 18a09e0c57..31f817faa1 100644
--- a/package/sysrepo/Config.in
+++ b/package/sysrepo/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSREPO
 	bool "sysrepo"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libnetconf2
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSREPO
 	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86" # host-protobuf
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAVL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNETCONF2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYANG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP
diff --git a/package/sysrepo/sysrepo.mk b/package/sysrepo/sysrepo.mk
index 49c908d62d..216e517526 100644
--- a/package/sysrepo/sysrepo.mk
+++ b/package/sysrepo/sysrepo.mk
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYSREPO_SITE = $(call github,sysrepo,sysrepo,v$(SYSREPO_VERSION))
 SYSREPO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 SYSREPO_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 SYSREPO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = libev libnetconf2 libavl libyang pcre protobuf-c host-sysrepo
-HOST_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = host-libev host-libnetconf2 host-libavl host-libyang host-pcre host-protobuf-c
+SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = libev libavl libyang pcre protobuf-c host-sysrepo
+HOST_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = host-libev host-libavl host-libyang host-pcre host-protobuf-c
 
 SYSREPO_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DIS_DEVELOPER_CONFIGURATION=OFF \