diff --git a/package/botan/Config.in b/package/botan/Config.in
index 305cc2fe8c..6ac6341f71 100644
--- a/package/botan/Config.in
+++ b/package/botan/Config.in
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_11 # C++20
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS
 	help
 	  Botan is a crypto library for C++
 
diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index 38948f0184..115cce6765 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --without-os-feature=explicit_bzero,getauxval,getentropy
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST),y)
 BOTAN_DEPENDENCIES += boost
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-boost
 endif