diff --git a/package/network-manager/Config.in b/package/network-manager/Config.in
index a48cb37b15..1370c81c9c 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/network-manager/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	bool "network-manager"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libgcrypt
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
@@ -13,11 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NETWORK_MANAGER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_TOOLS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_TOOLS_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNDP
 	help
 	  NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make
diff --git a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
index a90228992c..d979cfc0d7 100644
--- a/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
+++ b/package/network-manager/network-manager.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NETWORK_MANAGER_SOURCE = NetworkManager-$(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION).tar.xz
 NETWORK_MANAGER_SITE = https://download.gnome.org/sources/NetworkManager/$(NETWORK_MANAGER_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NETWORK_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf udev gnutls libglib2 \
-	libgcrypt wireless_tools util-linux host-intltool libndp
+	host-intltool libndp
 NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (app), LGPL-2.1+ (libnm)
 NETWORK_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL CONTRIBUTING.md
 NETWORK_MANAGER_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnome