diff --git a/package/iwd/iwd.mk b/package/iwd/iwd.mk
index 5bea3f12b4..c8b666bdd7 100644
--- a/package/iwd/iwd.mk
+++ b/package/iwd/iwd.mk
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ IWD_SELINUX_MODULES = networkmanager
 IWD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-manual-pages \
 	--enable-external-ell \
-	--enable-dbus-policy \
-	--with-dbus-datadir=/usr/share
-IWD_DEPENDENCIES = ell
+	--enable-dbus-policy
+IWD_DEPENDENCIES = dbus ell
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 # iwd client depends on readline (GPL-3.0+)