diff --git a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
index 54a03be453..d4f7a47120 100644
--- a/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
+++ b/package/libpwquality/libpwquality.mk
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ LIBPWQUALITY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBPWQUALITY_DEPENDENCIES = cracklib
 LIBPWQUALITY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 LIBPWQUALITY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-python-bindings
-LIBPWQUALITY_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),python3,python)
+LIBPWQUALITY_DEPENDENCIES += python3
 LIBPWQUALITY_MAKE_ENV += $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV)
 else
 LIBPWQUALITY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-python-bindings