diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/Config.in b/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
index fbc236221a..a537115616 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EVENTLOG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL