diff --git a/package/ipmitool/Config.in b/package/ipmitool/Config.in
index f5c79c8403..dbd6483110 100644
--- a/package/ipmitool/Config.in
+++ b/package/ipmitool/Config.in
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL_IPMIEVD
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL_IPMISHELL
 	bool "ipmishell"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	help
 	  IPMI shell interface
diff --git a/package/ipmitool/ipmitool.mk b/package/ipmitool/ipmitool.mk
index 06d50bb6b9..0b8befffcd 100644
--- a/package/ipmitool/ipmitool.mk
+++ b/package/ipmitool/ipmitool.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ IPMITOOL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-intf-usb
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IPMITOOL_IPMISHELL),y)
-IPMITOOL_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
+IPMITOOL_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 IPMITOOL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-ipmishell
 else
 IPMITOOL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-ipmishell