diff --git a/package/php/Config.ext b/package/php/Config.ext
index 82aaf41eb0..7c3ba7e8c4 100644
--- a/package/php/Config.ext
+++ b/package/php/Config.ext
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ endif
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_MYSQLI
 	bool "Mysqli"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # mysql
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # mysql
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL
 	help
 	  MySQL Improved extension support
 
@@ -135,17 +131,9 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_MYSQL
 	bool "MySQL"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # mysql
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # mysql
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL
 	help
 	  PDO driver for MySQL
 
-comment "MySQL drivers need a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_POSTGRESQL
 	bool "PostgreSQL"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index d7e27a13dc..deaf56ef4f 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ endif
 
 ### Native SQL extensions
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_MYSQLI),y)
-PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-mysqli=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/mysql_config
-PHP_DEPENDENCIES += mysql
+PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-mysqli
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_SQLITE),y)
 PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-sqlite3=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
@@ -199,8 +198,7 @@ PHP_DEPENDENCIES += sqlite
 PHP_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_MYSQL),y)
-PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-pdo-mysql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
-PHP_DEPENDENCIES += mysql
+PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-pdo-mysql
 endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_POSTGRESQL),y)
 PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-pdo-pgsql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr